Teaching new class- exampes of 2 hour demos.

Recently I've had the pleasure of teaching a newer class at The Academy of Art University, SF.  During each class period  I digitally paint a different material / texture on a cube in Photoshop from scratch while I talk about the material of the week, the painting process, how to analyze, simplify and make the most out of your reference while simultaneously strengthening critique language and constructive criticism abilities among the students.  Each demo is finished in about 2 hours.  Below are some examples:

Bug forms.

Recently I started exploring http://www.ctrlpaint.com/.  I watched this video which talks about drawing though forms (thinking of objects with volume) instead of considering just the flat silhouette shape.  I tried the suggested exercise of finding bug reference images and drawing over the file while attempting to think about and display the flow of the forms in perspective.  All of the photos displayed were found on the web, and are not my own.  The drawings are all me, however and done digitally on a Cintiq.