Matt Carnevale - Painting Emotions, Stories, and Ideas - LVO 2026 Hobby Masterclass

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LVO Hobby Classes provide a unique opportunity to learn directly from top artists through hands on instruction designed to elevate your skills in an immersive, in person environment.

NOTE: Each class ticket description will provide general information about what will be provided versus what you will need to bring.

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Masterclasses are the highest level hobby experience available at the LVO.
These multi-day, all-inclusive sessions are led by world-renowned, award-winning artists and are designed for hobbyists ready to take their skills to the next level.

This Masterclass Ticket Also Includes:

• 4-day, full access LVO convention badge
• VIP registration access
• Exclusive Masterclass swag bag curated for your class
• Daily meal vouchers (breakfast, lunch, and snacks) for a seamless experience

>> Matt Carnivale - Artist’s Profile

Class Description: This intensive 3-day Masterclass focuses on learning how to approach miniature painting with clear intent and purpose from the very start of the project. Rather than treating techniques as goals in themselves, we will explore how they function as tools in a larger artistic process. Through guided demonstrations and hands-on work students will learn how to use those tools to communicate story, atmosphere and emotions on a miniature.

Key topics include volume interpretation, light and shadow, composition, color mixing and color theory as well as how to move from initial sketch to final refinement and the importance of references. Based on your own personal level we will study how to implement all those tools into your workflow.

Special attention will be given to translating ideas onto the figure particularly early in the process, maintaining the original concept throughout the project, and also identifying and correcting mistakes efficiently. The class is suitable for painters of all levels who want to deepen both their technical control and their artistic decision making.

This masterclass will be a total immersion in both technical and purely artistic and conceptual realms and will include:

• Exclusive new figure from my brand Kensho Miniatures sculpted by Africa Mir to work on during the class
• Live demos
• In-class 1-on-1 tutoring and corrections
• Gift paints and brushes in collaboration with Kimera Models
• Extra gift exclusive figure from my brand Kensho Miniatures

What you need to bring:

1. Your favourite brushes 
2. Your most recent finished projects or WIPs
3. The figures for the class will be prepped, primed and ready for the class on a holder, but just in case bring a small assortment of your favourite hobby tools.

• Room: Masterclass Room 6
• Friday: Oct 2  9:00am-6:00pm
• Saturday: Oct 3 9:00am-6:00pm
• Sunday: Oct 4  9:00am-5:00pm

All physical items such as those that are pre-ordered or are included with a ticket, must be picked up during the event by no later than 9AM on Sunday October 4, 2026. Items will not be shipped. Items not claimed by 9AM on Sunday will be resold and the original purchase will not be refunded.

This is a digital ticket for an event occurring at the Las Vegas Open 2026 (435 S Grand Central Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89106), from October 1-4, 2026. You will not receive a physical ticket for this event.

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