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Strada Challenge: Tomahawk Steak

🥩 Feast your senses on a still life you can almost taste. In this .5+ hour free demo, Bryan Mark Taylor sets up a luscious tomahawk steak to show you how light, form, and color harmonize—teaching how to elevate even familiar subjects with intention. 

You’ll learn how to:
🎨 Parse the varieties of red and temperature in meat tones
📐 Simplify shapes within shapes so your design stays clean and readable
🔍 Balance contrast and shadow direction for drama and clarity
🖌️ Build structure from core forms instead of getting lost in detail

Perfect for artists looking for a bite-sized but insightful session—get a window into Bryan’s thought process, tools, and approach without a big time commitment. 🕒 Runtime: .5+ hours
  • Bryan Mark Taylor

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  • Fundamental

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Meet your instructor

Bryan Mark Taylor

A painter, lecturer, entrepreneur, and world traveler Bryan Mark Taylor is a renaissance man. He makes regular contributions to art and design magazines including Plein Air and Imagine FX.
Bryan is a sought-after teacher and lecturer and has taught courses worldwide, including at the Academy of Art University, Pixar, and the Scottsdale Artists School. In addition, Bryan has been a featured speaker at the Plein Air, CTNX, Fantastic Arts, Dragonsteel, and VisionX conferences.
Bryan has traveled around the globe, carefully observing and capturing nature’s miracles.

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