Painting the Figure

Adult Class | This program is completed

All levels welcome.

9/12/2022-11/14/2022

6:30 PM-9:30 PM EDT on Mon

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$315.00

$285.00

$60.00

$15.00

This class will provide you with an introduction to figure painting. Students will work from the live model. Emphasis will be given to seeing color and value (lights and darks) and mixing color. Students will gain understanding in how to translate what they see when looking at the model into a painting. Several demonstrations will be given during the class. Personal attention will be given to each student according to their experience. All levels of experience will benefit from this very fundamental course.

What you will learn in this class: 
1. Students will gain confidence in drawing the figure
2. Understanding of the importance of "gesture"
3. How to describe the mass and form with light and shadow
4. How to see proportion
5. Seeing the model in terms of shape, color and line quality

  • This is an in-person class which will take place in our building with strict social distancing protocols and reduced student capacity. Please see our COVID-19 community safety policies.
  • Paint:
  • • White; Zinc +Titanium. Comes in one tube called "mixed white".
  • • Ivory Black
  • • Ultramarine Blue
  • • Indian Red
  • • Transparent Oxide Red
  • • Cadmium Red Light
  • • Yellow Ochre
  • • Cadmium Yellow

  • Brushes should be a combination of bristle and sable or artificial sable brushes. I recommend either Winsor & Newton or Princeton brand brushes.

  • Winsor & Newton brand:
  • • Lexington Filbert series, #’s 6,8 & 10 – two of each
  • • Monarch Filbert series, #’s 4,6 & 8 – two of each
  • • Monarch Round series, #’s, 2, 4 & 6 – two of each

  • Princeton brand, natural bristle brushes:
  • • Filbert; Sizes, 12, 10, 8 and 6
  • • Round: Sizes, 6, 4 and 2

  • • Liquin
  • • Either a “strip” palette made of sheets on a pad , or a wooden palette. Palette cups, which clip onto the palette and hold the medium and solvent.
  • • Mineral spirits, turpenoid or ‘Gamsol”
  • • Paper towels.
  • • Stretched canvas, cotton or linen or canvas boards. Suggested sizes: 12 x 14, 14 x 18”, 16 x 20” 18 x 24”
  • • A palette knife is needed for scraping the palette.