VisDev Cityscapes with Yuhki Demers – Underpaint Academy

“Painting cityscapes is a daunting task that I managed to avoid for a good part of my career, until I worked on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Nothing better for artistic growth than when your paycheck depends on it, I always say!

In this workshop we will cover the process I’ve developed for painting cityscapes that won’t melt your brain. I’m not a naturally gifted artist and really cling to systems and processes to help me get through every painting I’ve ever done, and I want to share that process with you in an easy to digest 4 week cityscape painting workshop.”

We’ll cover:
• Setting up perspective grids
• Setting up your composition/drawing
• Paint building flats and photoshop spacing and warping tricks
• Lighting and color for cityscapes
• Atmospheric perspective
• Reflections

Week 1: Mis en Place. This week is all about prep work: reference, perspective, painting building flats, and creating our drawings.
Week 2: Laying out our buildings
Week 3: Tying the whole piece together with color and Light
Week 4: Finishing details, and graphics