Details
Tuesdays, May 21st – July 9th, 2024.
6 – 9pm EST
$419USD
Overview
In this class we will examine a procedural method of direct long pose portrait painting, beginning with the gesture and finishing with glazing. We will begin by exploring abstract geometry in shorter poses, to establish a well-proportioned gesture. Then we will then advance to blocking-in, utilizing mass-oriented drawing and a monochromatic palette to establish large, simplified shapes, before breaking down an abbreviated value range, extending pose times as we go. Next, we will continue to extend the duration of our poses and introduce a basic range of pigments, in order to work with a limited color palette.
Following that we will expand to a full palette and more advanced color relationships, working with longer poses to establish a more developed full color underpainting.
Then, finally, we will introduce medium and move into the overpainting, or finishing stage, of our paintings, working section by section, considering transparency and opacity, before concluding with final adjustments and fine tuning over the whole.
Class Structure
In the first stage we will focus on drawing with paint, without using color. In this stage we will look at proportion, perspective, and basic values (shading).
In the second stage we will apply color on top of the drawing, without any paying any attention to details or surface texture. We will focus on hue (color relative to the color wheel), value (how light or dark a color is), and chroma (how intense or dull a color is), in order to duplicate the effect of the light.
In the third stage we will work on the final appearance of the painting, moving into more subtle work, and developing the details and surface textures.
As we go through these stages we will discuss and practice different ways of applying the paint with different brushes, and when to add extra oil to the paint
Materials
Filbert bristle brushes #2 and #3
Small soft synthetic/sable brushes (flats and/or rounds)
A knockdown brush (larger and softer than the rest, a “Blender”)
2 cotton canvases, to begin (20×16). Do NOT tone with golden acrylic neutral #6, as an
alternative preparation will be demonstrated for use in this class).
Odorless mineral spirits (Sunnyside or Gamsol are recommended)
Stand oil
A prepared wooden palette
Sealable turp jars or cups
Viva paper towels
Palette knives are optional
Condensed palette (From 26 down to 14)
Perelyne red
Cadmium red
Cadmium scarlet
Cadmium orange
Raw umber
Cadmium yellow
Cadmium yellow pale
Permanent green light
Viridian green
Pthalo turquoise
Cobalt blue
Dioxazine purple
Quinacridone magenta
Titanium white
Instructor’s Palette (not required, but meant to provide an example of a full, or
extended, color palette)
Burnt Sienna
Anthraquinone Red
Permanent rose
Perelyne Red
Cadmium Red Deep
Cadmium Red
Cadmium Scarlet
Cadmium Orange
Indian Yellow
Raw Sienna
Raw Umber
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Pale
Cadmium Green Pale
Chromium Oxide Green
Permanent Green Light
Viridian Green
Pthalo Green
Pthalo Turquoise
Manganese Blue
Cobalt Blue
Pthalo Blue Deep
Dioxazine Purple
Quinacridone Magenta
Titanium White
For more information, or to enroll, phone: 215-592-7910 ex. 1 or register online at: https://reg125.imperisoft.com/StudioIncamminati/ProgramDetail/3835313832/Registration.aspx