Portrait drawing and painting

Instructor

Everyone loves a great portrait. One of the hallmarks of great artists throughout history has been the ability to draw and paint a convincing likeness of someone.This class is designed to give artists of all levels a strategy in approaching drawing and painting of the human face.

Students will begin by learning to convert the great masses of the head into specific shapes, using both linear (line and shading) and mass conception(structural building blocks). Different types of classical proportions will be discussed, as well as the anatomical contruction of the head. Once an artist begins to see and understand the architectural structure of the head, the next step is to create convincing and beautiful form via drawing, then in oil paint.

Students will work from the live model, supplemented by copying great portraits, both drawings and paintings, from art history. Students will start with a careful line drawing, followed by a grissaille (monochromatic)underpainting, and finally a colored overpainting using both transparent glazes and opaque paint application.

Each lesson will begin with a lecture on an aspect of the anatomical structure of the head, along with handout materials.

12 week pose

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Wednesdays 2-5pm