Figure Painting Techniques

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Figure Painting Techniques

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Online workshop held over two Sundays.
DECEMBER 5TH & DECEMBER 12TH
12 - 2 pm, 3 - 6pm EST

Instructor: Tobias Hall

A workshop designed for artists of all levels of experience

In Figure Painting Techniques, an online workshop, participants will study after specific masterworks in order to gain a better grasp of light and form as it pertains to a strategically organized painting practice. 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.

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Description

5 essential concepts will be taught:

1. Gesture and rhythm of the pose
2. Basic proportions and geometry of the figure
3. Blocking-in using anatomy and a specific understanding of light and shadow
4. Modeling form
5. Finishing and refining touches

Supply List

Figure Painting #3003

  • 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.

About the Instructor

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. 

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