This #PleinAirpril, we invited 7 artists who use various programs and mediums to create artwork to share their artistic processes and experiences with everyone! The live sessions ended, but you can sign up now to get access to recordings!
This demo series covers art creation using Photoshop, Blender, oil paints, colored pencils, and mixed watermedia!
All artists pained live, except for Peter Van Dyck, who presented a pre-recorded oil painting process video while providing live commentary
Each session lasted for 2 hours; Recordings are now available!
All sessions are in English (Auto-generated captions available)
Participants are encouraged to paint along and share their finished pieces on social media afterwards - feel free to tag @warriorpainters and the demo artists
ALL PURCHASES ARE FINAL! NO REFUNDS!
(Viewable after purchase)
12pm - 2pm Pacific Time | March 29, 2025 (Sat)
Demo with Photoshop
Angela Sung is a designer, painter, visdev artist and art director in animation. With over 14 years of experience in the animation industry, Angela has worked with major studios such as Sony Pictures Animation, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Blur Studio, Netflix Animation, DreamWorks Animation, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, among others. Currently, Angela is an Art Director on an unannounced feature film at Sony. Co-founder of Warrior Painters and Warrior Art Camp, Angela is dedicated to promoting artistry and education in the entertainment industry.
12pm - 2pm Pacific Time | April 5, 2025 (Sat)
Demo with Photoshop
Celine Kim is an Art Director/ Visual Development Artist currently working at Netflix Animation. Her past clients include Sony Pictures Animation, Dreamworks Animation, Disney Publishing and Trigger Animation. Born in South Korea, she is currently living in Glendale with her fluffy cat Taro.
12pm - 2pm Pacific Time | April 6, 2025 (Sun)
Demo with Blender
Kelsey Roland is a Visual Development Artist working in the animation industry. Kelsey has worked with major studios such as Marvel Animation Studios, Dreamworks Animation, Titmouse, WB, and more. She also has a passion for education and teaches a VisDev Creation in Blender course here, at Warrior Art Camp.
When she's not working or teaching, you can find Kelsey either working on her short film or sleeping.
12pm - 2pm Pacific Time | April 12, 2025 (Sat)
Demo with Blender
Prashan Subasinghe is visual development modeler working in feature animation. Before entering the animation industry Prashan worked as an engineer for over a decade. As an experienced CAD modeler, modeling for entertainment came naturally and what started off as a hobby grew into a career. Learning everything he could from online educators he started sharing his work and art journey on social media and became an active member of the art community. He was soon featured on the front page of 3D artist magazine and was asked to create the 2023 Lightbox expo animation. He started his art career in the commercial world, working for studios such as Make Visual, Neighbor animation, and Groove Jones. Currently he is working on an unannounced DreamWorks Feature.
2pm - 4pm Pacific Time | April 19, 2025 (Sat)
Demo with Oil Paints
Peter Van Dyck was born in Philadelphia in 1978. He studied painting and drawing at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy from 1998-2002. He returned to Philadelphia in 2002 and began exhibiting his work in group shows in Philadelphia, New York and San Francisco. He has had solo shows at John Pence Gallery, San Francisco in 2004; Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, 2006; John Pence Gallery, 2008, The Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, 2010, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, 2022 and Blue Spiral Gallery, 2023. In 2003 he began teaching at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where he is currently an Associate Professor in the BFA program. His work has also been reproduced in periodicals including, American Artist Magazine, American Arts Quarterly, Art News, American Art Collector, International Artist Magazine, Art and Antiques, Pratique des Arts and Trebuchet Magazine.
12pm - 2pm Pacific Time | April 26, 2025 (Sat)
Demo with Colored Pencils
Nikita Chan is a Visual Development Artist and Background Artist based in Los Angeles. With extensive experience in television, feature films, music videos, and theme parks, she has worked with renowned clients such as Sony, Nickelodeon/Paramount, The Line, The SPA Studio, Titmouse, DreamWorks, Fox, and Disney. She thrives on exploring diverse art styles and mediums, firmly believing that an artist should always maintain an unwavering curiosity.
Nikita has a passion for mentoring and teaching the next generation of artists in the entertainment industry.
12pm - 2pm Pacific Time | May 3, 2025 (Sat)
Demo with Mixed Watermedia
Katherine Lam is an illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. They graduated in 2017 with a BFA in Illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design and have worked in editorial, publishing, advertising, animation and games. They have been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, 3x3, Communication Arts, Association of Illustrators, and Applied Arts. They have a cat named Aloe and like their toast burnt.
Once you sign up, you'll receive an email from "Warrior Art Camp Student Portal <no-reply@e.podia.com>", please follow the instructions to set up an account.
Click on the "View course" button in the email to access the page where Zoom links will be posted 2 hours before each session.
Or you can go directly to this Demo Access Page, log in with the email and password used to make the purchase to access the paid content.
Please note that you'll need to log in to Zoom before joining the sessions. Please register for a free Zoom account beforehand.
Since all the live demos have ended, you are able to access all recordings now via the Demo Access Page after you make the payment.
You'll have permanent access to these recordings here on the platform (powered by Podia) unless anything unpreventable happens.
March 31, 2026.
Unfortunately, we do not offer single session purchases. You can always watch the recordings if you can't make it to the live sessions.
PleinAirpril is a month-long plein-air painting challenge organized by Warrior Painters for every April. Learn more here.
Please write to Kayleigh at warriorpainters@gmail.com
To celebrate Earth Day and engage with plein-air enthusiasts across the globe, Warrior Painters initiated the #PleinAirpril Challenge in 2017. The #PleinAirpril Challenge is a social media campaign that challenges artists and painting enthusiasts to paint and share one plein-air painting a day during the month of April. Over the past seven years, thousands of artists worldwide have participated in the challenge!
Warrior Art Camp is a dedicated art education initiative, offering top-tier online training to empower students in enhancing their skills, advancing their careers and thriving in the entertainment art industry. Our mission is to pave the way for students’ art journey. For more info, visit: warriorartcamp.com