Portrait Painting (Tuesday)

Adult Class | Registration opens Monday, July 7, 2025 8:00 AM EDT

All levels welcome.
9/9/2025-11/11/2025
6:30 PM-9:30 PM EDT on Tue
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Portrait Painting (Tuesday)

Adult Class | Registration opens Monday, July 7, 2025 8:00 AM EDT

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

Please note: Class will not meet on Tuesday, September 23 in observance of Rosh Hashanah.

  • • 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

David Heshmatpour