LESSONS FROM DISNEY:
What Painting Ducks Taught Me About Art

If Leonardo painted Minnie Mouse, the same rules of rendering would still apply!
That's what I've learned from painting over 200 oil portraits of Disney Characters in famous paintings.

Join me (Maggie Parr) online on February 3rd from 5:30-7 pm PST to hear entertaining stories, see interesting paintings, and try your hand at drawing like an animator. 

Skills you'll learn in the workshop:

  • Capturing the spirit of a subject is less about features and more about gesture

  • How to start with the simplest shapes first

  • Details should ALWAYS be saved until the very end

  • Nothing is too precious to be changed or even scrapped

Unique stories you'll hear:

  • How the "character police" at the company take their jobs very, very seriously

  • What I learned about the true psychology of Goofy

  • Details on Ursula's arm fat

  • How even a skeptic (like me) can learn to appreciate these characters

After this workshop...

You'll have some insider tricks to make your drawings and paintings more lively, interesting, and masterful. You might even develop a new appreciation for Disney characters (even if you're NOT a fan)!

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