Self Portrait Painting

April 22nd - June 24th

Wednesdays 6pm - 8pm

Course Description

The artist himself is always the most available model. We will be going over things to take into consideration when setting up a self-portrait. These include:

• How to take measurements from a moving target.
• How to set up the mirror, lighting, and canvas
• Portrait composition

This course is primarily a portrait painting course. Students will learn how to:

• Construct a portrait with accurate proportions and likeness.
• Organize their values to create an accurate light effect and believable representation of form.
• Organize their pallet and mix accurate flesh tones.
• Create a focal point and sense of atmosphere using a hierarchy of edge quality.
• Traverse the numerous stages of a painting, from drawing, to block in, to completion.

Materials list.

• Brushes
• Pallet knife
• Turpentine
• Refined linseed oil
• Medium cups (small cups for holding painting medium)
• Brush cleaner jar.
• Pallet, preferably glass or wood
• Pre-stretched and primed canvas no larger than 18”x20”
• Paint
•             Lead whit (flake white, cremnetz white)
•             Naples yellow light
•             Yellow Ocher
•             Vermillion
•             Alizarin crimson
•             Ivory black
•             Cobalt blue
•             Raw umber
• An active desire to learn

Details

This course is $261.80

We believe that art classes are more fun when shared with a friend, bring a friend who has not taken one of our courses before and you will both receive a %20 discount off of the listed workshop price. 

To Sign up for this workshop or to receive more information, please contact us via e-mail or phone, or send a message in the form below.

Limited availability.