I teach classic drawing, painting, and storytelling.
Fullerton College
I’ve taught part-time at FC for 39 years (1984–2023). About 130 classes which have included:
- Anatomy for Artists (14 semesters)
- Perspective & Rendering (5 semesters)
- Drawing from the Masters (19 semesters)
- Illustration (9 semesters)
- Expressive Drawing (5 semesters)
- Watercolor Painting (19 semesters)
- Children’s Book Illustration (3 semesters)
- Sketching for Animators & Illustrators (5 semesters)
- Visual Storytelling (12 semesters)
California State University Fullerton
I taught at CSUF for 14 years (1996–2009), about forty classes including:
- Life Drawing (7 semesters)
- Animal Drawing (16 semesters)
- Sequential Art (14 semesters)
Laguna College of Art and Design
I taught at LCAD over 23 years (1997–2020), about eighty classes including:
- Watercolor
- Visual Thinking
- Animal Drawing
- Artistic Anatomy
- Limited Animation
- Comic Book Illustration
- Children’s Book Illustration
- Visual Storytelling (29 semesters)
- Directing for Animation (co-taught with Aubry Mintz)
Other Teaching
Apart from 250 semester courses in local colleges and universities, I have also been a regular guest teacher at LA Academy of Figurative Art, Comic-Con International in San Diego, and Concept Design Academy in Pasadena.
I’ve taught in the following entertainment art departments:
- Interplay Corporation
- Insomniac Games
- Rockstar Games
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Sony Online Entertainment
- A famous entertainment empire in Anaheim that had me sign an agreement not to use their name to promote my teaching. But it went well.
- The same empire in Burbank, with agreement not to use their name, etc… But it went well.