Impactful Light and Color

💡 See light and color with fresh eyes. In this 2-hour live demo, Raymond Bonilla walks you through his gallery workflow, blending analog and digital techniques to create dramatic, impactful paintings.

You’ll learn how to:
🎨 Build a value study to lay a solid foundation for light and form
🖌️ Use both digital tools and traditional media to refine and enhance shapes
🌗 Control contrast, temperature, and saturation for dramatic depth
📐 Apply his workflow to sketch-to-finished pieces — learning decisions that make your work more intentional and powerful


A perfect session for intermediate or advanced artists wanting to see a professional at work in real time — and translate that process into their own practice. 🕒 Runtime: 2 hours.

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Meet your instructor

Raymond Bonilla

Raymond Bonilla is a nationally recognized illustrator and fine artist in Buffalo, NY. Raymond graduated from the State University in New York at Fredonia in 2005 with a degree in New Media and Illustration. He continued his studies at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco where he completed his Masters of Fine Art in 2009. He was awarded Best in Show in the Great Lakes Emerging Artist Competition, was a finalist in the Artists Magazine Annual Art Competition, has been awarded Gold Medals in advertising from both Society of Illustrators of New York and Los Angeles, and juried into the Communication Arts Illustration Annual.

He currently lives in Buffalo, New York where he spends his time painting and teaching part-time at SmART School and Visual Arts Passage. He is represented by Principle Gallery in Alexandria,VA, Abend Gallery in Denver, CO and Meibohm Fine Arts Gallery in East Aurora, NY. 

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