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Veronika McLeod

Langley,BC

Summary

  • Canadian Art Teacher with 15 years of experience, BFA.
  • Flipped the minds of animation industry when entered with strong traditional skills in painting and drawing.
  • Made possible to convert 5 days/week job into 3 days/week with increase in quality and productivity
  • Gave consultation on animation test submissions only after 1 year working in the industry

Work History

Maternity Leave/ Sole Proprietorship

Nika Icons Worlwide
  • Created my own business during Maternity Leave - Hand painted Orthodox Icons
  • Self-taught to competitive level of skill in egg tempera painting and gold leaf guilding
  • Completed online trainings on art marketing and business strategy for artists
  • Currently working with my husband to publish children's picture book.

Art Instructor/ Owner

Vancouver Fine Art Atelier
  • VFAA offered art classes and workshops to adults and youth based on classical academic training with focus on skill mastering
  • Regularly taught private sessions, small groups and classes as large as 20 students
  • Designed in-demand workshops on Fine Art History, Color Theory, Human Anatomy, Perspective and Blind Contour Drawing
  • 5 of my students won prizes in the local and international art contests
  • 10 students entered art universities with the highest entry scores after my classes
  • Managed 3 other art instructors who contributed to the growth of the school
  • Organized an end-of-year art shows for students to display their work.

Digital Artist

Various Animation Companies
  • Bardel Entertainment, Rovio Entertainment, Atomic Cartoons - sub-contracts with Disney Company, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures
  • Multiple positions include: Character and Background Designer, Junior Art Director, Maya Texture Artist, Layout Artist
  • Shows: The Croods, Mack and Moxy, Lah-Lah's Adventures, Ella the Elephant
  • Feature Films: Angry Birds and The Prophet
  • Reduced the pipeline costs by 15% because delivered work ahead of the set schedule
  • Was able to fit full time hours to 3 days/week with uncompromised quality and solid communication.

Drawing Instructor

Capilano University
  • Continuing Education Division provided art related courses for adults and children
  • Taught Outdoor Drawing to secondary school age children for summer program
  • Supervised volunteer help
  • Designed over 30 pages of comprehensive reference materials for the course
  • Planned art curriculum that brought 100% 5-star post-class surveys
  • Assessed and reported student progress to parents and the school board.

Art Teacher for children

Vitta Academy
  • Fine Art and Music Lessons for children with personalised approach
  • Taught 2 classes of students 5-8 and 9-13 years old
  • Designed fun age-appropriate curriculums resulting in doubling the class size
  • Managed program budgets and expenses.

Education

Photoshop Software Certificate -

Capilano University
11.2010

Business in Art Practice Certificate -

Emilly Carr University
05.2010

Bachelor Of Fine Arts and Art Education -

Penza Art College
01.2009

Skills

  • Abode Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Painter
  • Oil Painting
  • Animation Design
  • Perspective
  • Watercolor
  • Egg Tempera
  • Life drawing
  • Book Illustration
  • Human Anatomy
  • Mural Painting
  • 3D Paper Modelling
  • Sculpture

Languages

Russian
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Portugese
Elementary

Volunteer Experience

Lifedrawing Session Manager, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Non-profit Life drawing studio and Art Gallery in the heart of East Vancouver. 

Doubled the number of attendees by innovating approach to sessions Increased number of my sessions from one to two times per week Successfully coordinated and mediated disputes and conflicts between members and models resulting in joined activities outside of drawing sessions

Timeline

Maternity Leave/ Sole Proprietorship

Nika Icons Worlwide

Art Instructor/ Owner

Vancouver Fine Art Atelier

Digital Artist

Various Animation Companies

Drawing Instructor

Capilano University

Art Teacher for children

Vitta Academy

Photoshop Software Certificate -

Capilano University

Business in Art Practice Certificate -

Emilly Carr University

Bachelor Of Fine Arts and Art Education -

Penza Art College

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