Basic Drawing – Ken Spirduso

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2020 Workshop Talk | 1:04:59 | All Grade Levels, Art & Music

Summary

Join artist and instructor Ken Spirduso for an interactive workshop on classical drawing. Topics include methods of direct observation; focusing on shapes; using plumb lines; and comparing measurements. All are welcome—no previous drawing experience required.

Speaker

Ken Spirduso has numerous credits for feature animated films and video games. He has created concept art and murals for theme parks around the world, and has painted book covers, illustrations, and fine art.

As a painter, Ken has focused on commissioned portraits, historical painting, and equestrian art. As a layout animation artist, Ken designed environments, camera movement, and lighting for films such as Thumbelina, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, Tarzan, Lilo and Stitch, John Henry, Trail Mixup, and Brother Bear. Ken has painted backgrounds for films such as Brother Bear, My Peoples, Curious George, Henry and Me, and Princess and the Frog.

​DS Video game credits include Call of Duty World at War, Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron, Tron, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, and Toy Story 3.

​Ken has built and taught online courses for the Academy of Art University, Veritas Press Scholars Academy and Schola Artium Classical Art Academy. In addition, he has taught in the classroom with the Orlando Museum of Art, The Lynchburg Academy and the Huntsville Museum of Art. He is currently teaching Visual Development, and Painting at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. Ken and his wife, Caroline, have two children, Ian and Katherine.

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