Portrait Painting (Monday)

Adult Summer Class | Available

All levels welcome.

6/17/2024-7/22/2024

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

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$215.00

$195.00

$62.00

$20.00

This beginner to intermediate course in oils (or acrylic) will focus on 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) #8 flat bristle brushes (Silver Grand Prix Extra Long preferred or Blick Masterstroke)
    • (2) #4 flat bristle brushes (Silver Grand Prix Extra Long preferred or Blick Masterstroke)
    • Gamsol and container with lid
    • Blue shop paper towels (or non-lint paper towels such as Viva)
    • 12 x 16 stretched canvas (1 for each class)
    • Palette knife

    Suggested palette (less expensive alternatives in parentheses):
    • Cadmium Lemon (Cadmium Hue, or Permanent version)
    • Cadmium Yellow Medium or Deep (Cadmium Hue, or Permanent version)
    • Cadmium Orange (Cadmium Hue, or Permanent version)
    • (Naphthol Red [preferred]) or Cadmium Red Light
    • Quinacridone Magenta
    • Ultramarine Blue
    • Cobalt Turquoise Blue (Cerulean)
    • Viridian
    • Permanent green or Light Green
    • Ivory Black
    • Flake White or Titanium White
    • Yellow Ochre (Light)
    • Burnt Umber

    Optional helpful colors:
    • Cobalt blue
    • Dioxazine Purple
    • Raw Umber
    • Raw Sienna
    • Caput Mortuum
    • Alizarin Crimson
    • Indian Yellow Deep or Extra Deep