[Carl_Dobsky]

Hello All,

We have been putting together a new atelier program and are now currently accepting students!

You can check out the website at http://www.thesafehouseatelier.com for all the info or just read below for and check out some of the work throughout the thread for both instructor and student work.


Cheers y'all,

Dobsky

P.S. There's pictures after all them words if you feel like skipping it.



ABOUT THE SAFEHOUSE ATELIER

The Safehouse Atelier provides a specialized program of study that is heavily based in accurately understanding and representing the visual world and to take the knowledge gained from this study and apply it to work done from the imagination. Classical drawing is learned in tandem with concept design. Classes are taught in a workshop environment where students learn actual studio practices in a hands-on manner directly from instructors who work along with students to demonstrate how the ideas and concepts being learned are put to practical use.

To develop solid draftsmanship, classical methods of drawing and painting are studied on a daily basis. Time honored atelier methods are employed with the students beginning with cast drawing and working their way through cast painting and still-life and then moving on to life drawing, and finally life painting. Other subjects that are addressed on a weekly basis are alla prima painting, gesture drawing, and landscape painting.

On the imaginative side, working methods taken from production studios are used as a basis to teach students how to invent designs for characters, monsters, vehicles, and environments. Illustration and personal work of an inventive nature are also addressed. Real world design problems are used as spring boards for developing work and the process of how to work from the initial concept phase on to the final is heavily examined.

When students are accepted, their current level of experience is taken into account. If a student can demonstrate their command of a subject then they will be advanced to more challenging situations. Since all progress is based on personal achievement, all instruction is tailored specifically to an individual. Because of this the class subjects fluctuate depending on the student.

All instructors are working professionals in their given field. This ensures that working methods have been gained through real world experience so that students may learn practical applications and approaches that may be put into use to immediately further their careers whether it be in galleries or in a design studio.



Instructors include:
Carl Dobsky
Jeremy Mann
“Coro” Kaufman
Wes Burt
Mike Bierek
Kemp Remillard

Classes are held from 9am-4pm Monday through Friday.
Tuition is $600 per month.
Enrollment is ongoing.
We are located in San Francisco, CA.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or portfolio submissions at
thesafehouseatelier@gmail.com

Check us out on the intrawebs at http://www.thesafehouseatelier.com
Our blog is at http://www.thesafehouseatelier.blogspot.com/

CONTINUING EDUCATION AND WORKSHOPS
Long-Pose Figure Drawing/Painting:
We will also be offering evening classes in Figure Drawing and Figure Painting. This class will be geared towards students at an intermediate to an advanced level. Poses will extend for two to three weeks. Plans are to start this program up in September. If you are interested please contact us for more info.

Edit:Course descriptions, schedules, and prices for the Core program and Evening Classes are now listed in the attachment at the bottom of the post.
Thanks

[zachalicious]

wow really nice presentation! sign me up!

[James_Kei]

Nice work guys. Nothing beats one on one, face to face instruction.

[medik]

there aren't very many synonyms for impressed...

on a side note: AWESOME, ill be there.

[TwistedMatter]

Such a great news! Congratulations!

[ihateart]

new school by my home
even from here i can smell
sweaty men painting

[Lake]

[Lyle_Moore]

can't wait to take refuge.

[cotron]

Fantastic. I owe a lot to these guys and can't recommend the school enough.

And they're just dreamy, too.

[romance]

I just wanted to chime in and tell those who might be interested in the attending the atelier to take the leap. It is well worth it and all the students who have attended can attest to that.

There are very few words I can think of to describe the experience and instruction that these fine instructors, artists, classmates, friends can bestow upon you. The only word that really comes to mind is: amazing.

Unbridle your artistic fury!

[marco_nelor]

my two cents:
If i have to say so myself... Carl Dobsky is wholly responsible for many miraculous transformations in student after student. My advice? GO to the atelier... with his teaching and your hard work, you WILL grow in leaps and bounds.

Right on, Carl.

[Rice_and_Eggs]

Best of luck with the atelier, I'm sure it will be a great success. To those considering going, I assure you that this price is extremely good considering the stellar quality of teaching that is being represented in the atelier. I've been working in the concept design field for the gaming industry for a little while now, and believe me when I tell you that the amount of talent and competition that is out there these days is fierce and a learning environment like this will most definitely add some "ammo" to your arsenal. I've been lucky enough to have met, interviewed and hired several people that have been trained by some of the names mentioned above. I assure you, they are most definitely better artists because of the experiences that they had learning from them. I only wish that when I was entering my college years I had a similar opportunity that this atelier presents.

Anyway, good luck again to all those involved.
-b

[dirtyc]

The original, the best.

It's not about Next Gen anything no more folks. This is the OG.

[EDIT]

OriGENAtelier.

[sourgasm]

I cannot recommend this school highly enough if you crave an intimate environment to gather around the fire with a bearded, sweaty group of ad-hoc maniacs and praise R. Kelly.

If you like to draw stuff, it probably has something to offer you as well.

[toby]

Oh sweeeet! Are you accepting international students? I dunno how student visas would work. I suspect not but it's worth a shot eh