Portrait Painting (Tuesday)
Adult Class | FULL
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
Note: Supplies will be reviewed in detail the first class.
• Palette with enough surface to mix colors (can be disposable)
• 2 large flat (bristle for oil, synthetic for acrylic) brushes (#8 - #6)
• 2 medium flat (bristle for oil, synthetic for acrylic) brushes (#4 - #2)
• Gamsol and container with lid
• Oil medium if using oil paint. Suggest Alkyd mediums such as Liquin, Utrecht Glazing Medium (not Walnut Alkyd medium). These mediums are very easy to use. If you prefer more traditional mediums such as Linseed oil, please feel free to bring.
• Blue shop paper towels (or non-lint paper towels such as Viva)
• Surfaces - medium to large surfaces (12x16-18x24). Just bring 1 or 2 surfaces to the first class. Surface material could be pre-stretched canvas, gessoed panels, canvas paper, gessoed cardboard, yupo paper. Canvas panels are a very convenient option
• Palette knife
•Oil medium if using oil paint. Suggest Alkyd mediums such as Liquin, Utrecht Glazing Medium (not Walnut Alkyd medium). These mediums are very easy to use.
Oil (if using oil paint)
Basic Palette (warm/cold primaries):
• Titanium white
• Ivory Black
• Burnt Umber
• Raw Sienna
• Ultramarine Blue
• Cadmium Vermillion or Permanent Red
• Cadmium Yellow Deep
• Cadmium Lemon
• Cerulean or Cobalt Turquoise
• Quinacridone Magenta
Expanded 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
• Cobalt blue
• Dioxazine Purple
• Raw Umber
• Raw Sienna
• Caput Mortuum
• Alizarin Crimson
• Indian Yellow Deep or Extra Deep