Fleisher Art Memorial | Figure Painting

Figure Painting

Adult Summer Class | Registration opens Monday, May 4, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

Level: Advanced beginner to intermediate skills suggested.

Date: 6/17/2026-7/22/2026

Time: 1:00 PM-4:00 PM EDT on Wed

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Tuition $225.00

Member Tuition $205.00

Model Fee: $62.00

Studio Fee: $20.00

Figure Painting

Adult Summer Class | Registration opens Monday, May 4, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

Program Description

As an introduction to the fundamentals of painting the figure, this class covers basic information on materials and tools, color mixing, simplified anatomy, and different painting techniques. We will cover a variety of approaches to capturing the figure, focusing on gesture, composition, light, and form. We will start from a number of single sessions before working on more extended poses later in the class

What you will learn:
1. Basic information on paint and paint handling (including color mixing)
2. Underpainting, direct, and indirect methods of painting
3. Simplified anatomy
4. Composition

Special Notes

This is an in-person class. Please review our Safety Policies and Community Guidelines.

To make our classes and workshops accessible to everyone, Fleisher offers tuition assistance every term so that everyone can join our creative community. Tuition assistance applications can be completed once registration is open by clicking here.

Required Supplies

• 2 large flat bristle brushes (sizes 8-6)
• 2 medium flat bristle brushes (sizes 4-2)
• 4 synthetic brights that roughly match the size of the bristle brushes
• 3-4 various small synthetic rounds (sizes 2–000) (0 is my go to)
• A palette knife for mixing
• ~10 of the larger canvas panels

Paint
• Titanium white
• Ivory Black
• Burnt Umber
• Yellow Ochre
• Ultramarine Blue
• Cadmium Red Hue or Permanent Red
• Cadmium Yellow Hue
• Cerulean or Turquoise
• Quinacridone Magenta

Instructor

David Heshmatpour

Dave (he/him) is a multidisciplinary visual artist working in painting, sculpture, drawing, and digital photography. He earned a degree in Applied Science, specializing in welding technology, before graduating with a BFA specializing in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2020. He lives and works alongside his very good dog Ruskin in Philadelphia.