Portrait Painting (five-session workshop)

Adult Workshop | This program is completed

All levels welcome.

5/11/2023-6/8/2023

2:00 PM-5:00 PM EDT on Th

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$195.00

$175.00

$60.00

$15.00

This beginner to intermediate course in oils (or acrylic) will approach portraiture from a sculptural standpoint, highlighting the basic bony landmarks of the face and skull and using color/value to define major planes and movements of each feature. Moving from large, simple shapes of the face under light, students will transition their thinking from flat abstraction into three-dimensional form.

What you will learn:
1. The basic structure and anatomy of the head/face
2. Simplifying form to planes
3. Alla prima techniques for portrait painting
4. Drawing the features as homework assignments

  • • Palette with enough surface to mix colors (can be disposable)
  • • (2) #4 filbert bristle brushes (Silver Grand Prix Extra Long preferred or Blick Masterstroke)
  • • (2) #6 filbert bristle brushes (Silver Grand Prix Extra Long preferred or Blick Masterstroke)
  • • Gamsol and container with lid
  • • Viva paper towels (smooth not waffle)
  • • 12 x 16 stretched canvas (1 for each class)
  • • Palette knife

  • Suggested palette:
  • • Ultramarine Blue
  • • Cerulean Blue (can be Hue)
  • • Viridian
  • • Sap Green
  • • Titanium White
  • • Cadmium Yellow Light
  • • Yellow Ochre
  • • Raw Sienna
  • • Cadmium Orange or Cadmium Orange Hue
  • • Cadmium Red Light
  • • Permanent Rose
  • • Cobalt Violet
  • • Burnt Sienna
  • • Raw Umber

  • Previous Instructor’s Suggested Palette who says, “I highly recommend the Utrecht Hues as they're affordable, safe, and the colors are of good quality.”
  • • Ultramarine Blue
  • • Burnt Sienna
  • • Raw Sienna
  • • Yellow Ochre
  • • Cadmium Yellow Hue
  • • Cadmium Orange Hue
  • • Cadmium Red Hue
  • • Alazarin Crimson
  • • Dioxazine Purple
  • • Cerulean Blue Hue

  • You are welcome to bring the palette you are used to working with. I buy Winsor and Newton and Gamblin brand oil paints. I haven’t tried Utrecht Hues.

Barbara graduated with a B.F.A. in Illustration from Syracuse University in 1999, and immediately moved to NYC. She met success in shows at Figureworks Gallery and Get Real Art, but felt drawn to study classical painting in Florence, Italy. She lived there for one year studying drawing under Mario Pachioli. Then in 2004, she moved to Philadelphia on a full scholarship to study with Nelson Shanks at Studio Incamminati. It was here that she developed her portrait painting, drawing and color theory skills. She left the atelier in 2006 to work on a series of large paintings depicting figures of Greek mythology and began to explore landscape painting. After travelling and painting extensively, Barbara returned to Incamminati to finish the Professional Program in 2015 and served as a teaching fellow for two years. In addition to Fleisher, she currently teaches painting and drawing at Studio Incamminati, Wayne Art Center, Main Line Art Center, Abington Art Center, Journey’s Way, and Repenning Fine Arts in Audubon, NJ. You can visit her website to view more artwork at barbarazanelli.com.