Color Mixing in Oils of the Many Varieties of Flesh Tones
Color Mixing in Oils of the Many Varieties of Flesh Tones
AN ONLINE WORKSHOP OVER TWO SATURDAYS
February 26 & March 5
Time: 12pm - 2pm, 3pm - 6pm EST
Instructor: Toby Hall
This workshop will be recorded.
In this Figure Painting workshop, “Color mixing in oils of the many varieties of flesh tones”, participants will study after a number of masterworks and pose references to gain a better grasp of how to see the global light effect on the figure and to explore mixing “flesh tones” in a variety of light situations. Conceptual and technical demonstrations will provide insight, and artists will receive direct feedback on their work. The goal of the workshop is to help artists cultivate a skill set that will make for a more mindful, efficient, and enjoyable figure painting process.
Workshops are recorded and available for multiple viewings for a one month duration after the workshop has ended.
5 essential concepts will be taught:
Understanding Light perceptually as an artist
Light progression
Abstraction of the global light effect
Value, chroma, temperature, and hue
Mixing “Flesh tones” as light
Paint (Artists Grade - Gamblin, Holbein, Rembrandt, etc)
Limited palette. Contact me if you have questions or are interested in working with a more extended palette.
Titanium White
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Red Medium
Ultramarine Blue
Ivory Black
Brushes
I prefer to use rounds - I have a variety of sizes (nothing too big for this course, unless you want to work large). A medium range should be fine. I like to have at least 3 of each size.
Support
My preference is portrait grade linen, but that can get pricey. Stretched or mounted cotton canvas, or an acrylic gesso primed panel is fine, as well. For studies, I like Canson's Canva Paper or Arches Oil Paper (scraps of linen can be useful too)
Board
Something like cardboard or masonite to tape studies to
tape
I like black artists tape
Easel
Or something to prop up your support
Palette
Wood, Glass, etc. One that you can hold, or to lay flat - up to you.
Medium Jar
Something to keep your medium in (can be one that specifically clips on to your palette, or just a small regular glass jar)
Brush cleaner
Sealable container for cleaning brushes (with OMS)
Solvent
Odorless Mineral Spirits (OMS) - I use Gamsol
Oil for medium
Stand oil &/or linseed oil - I combine the two with OMS to make a medium
Palette knife
For cleaning palette and premixing paints
Sealable Tupperware or a Mastersons stay wet palette box
To keep paints/palette in
Clove oil (food grade)
A few drops of this onto a paper towel that has been taped to the top of the Tupperware will help the paint last longer.
M. Tobias Hall (b. 1981) lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tobias has an MFA in Painting from the New York Academy of Art (Class of 2017), and received his BA magna cum laude in Fine Arts (with a focus on Animation) from Arizona State University.
He has taught drawing and painting as a visiting instructor and assistant instructor at Studio Escalier (Paris & Argenton Chateau, France), at the Ryder Studio School (Santa Fe, NM), online with Studio Incamminati and now, the Teaching Studios of Art®.
Select images of the instructor’s work (click to see larger)
