Portrait Oil Painting Class

Class Info

Portrait Oil Painting Class w/ Muna Al Fadl Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday December 14th, 15th, & 16th 6 pm - 9 pm $300 This oil painting portrait class will help students develop the basic skills to paint a portrait from a live model. In this course, students will learn how to properly use and maintain oil painting materials, color theory, alla prima techniques, grissaile techniques, and glazing techniques. There will be a live model on the second and third days of the course for students to learn how to paint from life. Students will learn how to “see” in a new way, develop a new skill for life, and leave the class with a brand new piece of artwork for their home! Some materials are provided and some need to be purchased by students. See list below. Materials students will need to purchase: BRING THESE ON DAY ONE!!! Titanium White Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber Prussian Blue Raw Umber Cadmium Yellow Yellow Ochre Cadmium Red Alazirian Crimson Naples Yellow Raw Sienna Ultramarine Blue Paint Thinner/Gamsol Tools: Flat brushes Round brushes Focus on larger and medium sized brushes (one or two small brush is fine, but you will not be using these as much as you think) A brush set from Blick or Michaels is a good idea One Palette Knife plastic or metal is fine Two Lidded Jars Syllabus: Day 1: Introductions Intro to materials and Oil painting safety Tonal range and color contrast lecture for portraits Exercises: quick drawing exercises of a model head (15 minutes) 3 alla prima portrait paintings (one of model head, and then two from photo graphs) (30 minutes each) Critic Homework: Make three ten minute sketches of someone’s face. Work from life not a photograph. Write notes about what you notice about the anatomy of the face. Day 2: Facial anatomy, facial volume, and painting from life talk One more alla prima painting (20 minutes) Critic Long term underpainting of the portrait for the rest of the day Critic Homework: Ask three people to sit for observation. Take notes about the different colors that present in their skin; focus on the undertones, cools, and warms and where they present in someone's face and neck. Please pick people with ranging skin tones/undertones. Day 3: Color and Glazing Demo weight of stroke, paint thickness to depths, glazing (small demos) Long term painting for the rest of the day and finishing the portraits Final Critic