Noah Buchanan Workshop Recordings

Warm and Cool: Temperature in Portraiture
AN ONLINE WORKSHOP
Instructor: Noah Buchanan

This workshop is recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

This three-day online portrait painting workshop focuses on the use of color in terms of temperature. The instructor, Noah Buchanan, will demonstrate that the effective use of a limited palette divides the artist's conception of color into warms, cools and neutrals. Buchanan will lecture on the temperature zones of the face (local temperatures), the temperature effects of light, and how to determine the correct value of each color.

Workshop artists will paint from high-resolution photographs of the model, including detail images of each feature (eyes, nose, and mouth). Workshop participants will create a preliminary drawing, which will be transferred to the canvas (or panel) prior to the beginning of the workshop.

This workshop will occur in the mode of Direct Painting, where the paint is simply mixed on the palette to the desired value/temperature/color and applied directly to the painting without changing the transparency or opacity of the paint, and without calculating effects from various layers/behaviors of paint.

The Instructor will demonstrate the methods/techniques in real time, live on Zoom. Workshop participants will follow along and receive a personalized critique each day.

$50 off discount for purchasing two Buchanan workshops: NOAHBFOR2-50

Learn the Techniques of the Flemish and Italian Masters
ONLINE WORKSHOP
Instructor: Noah Buchanan

Originally held July 9, 10, 16 • 2022
This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

This 3-day workshop, Figure Painting: The Historical Indirect Process, will focus on Indirect Painting techniques, applied to the subject matter of the nude figure. Students will learn a strategically layered oil painting technique using stages known as:

•Imprimatura (or Wipe-Out) •Velatura •Full Color Form Pass

These historical techniques are seen at use in paintings by Rubens and Caravaggio.

Students will paint from video footage and photographic references of a studio model. Students will also observe live demonstration from the instructor, as well as receive direct feedback and critique from the instructor at multiple points during the creation of their own painting. The skills developed in this workshop will enable students to make their own paintings from life or photographic reference.

The first two stages of this process, Imprimatura and Velatura, closely parallel the techniques taught in the previous Drawing workshop with Noah Buchanan, which serves as a prerequisite for this course.

This workshop is a highly recommended to take along with Buchanan’s June workshop, Figure Drawing with Charcoal and White Chalk. $50 off discount for purchasing two Buchanan workshops: NBTWO-#$%

AN ONLINE WORKSHOP
Instructor: Noah Buchanan

Originally held JUNE 18, 19, 25 • 2022
This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

This 3-day online Figure Drawing in Charcoal and White Chalk workshop will focus on drawing with charcoal and white chalk on toned paper, applied to the subject matter of the nude figure. Students will learn subtractive methods of charcoal drawing: the illusion of volume and form will be initiated on the page through the reduction of a charcoal wash. Learning will also include how to model form with Charcoal and white chalk, as well as allowing the toned paper to create volume and form.

This workshop is a highly recommended to take along with Buchanan’s upcoming workshop, Figure Painting: The Historical Indirect Process , as the same figure and pose will be used in both, for drawing and then painting.

$50 off discount for purchasing two Buchanan workshops: NBTWO-#$%

Learn the Techniques of the Flemish and Italian Masters
AN ONLINE WORKSHOP
Instructor: Noah Buchanan

Originally held July 10, 11, 17 • 2021
This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

This 3-Day workshop , Indirect Portrait Painting: Imprimatura and Velatura Techniques, will focus on Indirect Painting techniques, applied to the subject matter of the human head. Students will learn a strategically layered oil painting technique using stages known as:

•Imprimatura (or Wipe-Out) •Velatura •Full Color Form Pass

These historical techniques are seen at use in paintings by Rubens and Caravaggio.

Students will paint from video footage and photographic references of a studio model. Students will also observe live demonstrations from the instructor, as well as receive direct feedback and critique from the instructor at multiple points during the creation of their own paintings. The skills developed in this workshop will enable students to make their own paintings from life or photographic reference.

The first two stages of this process, Imprimatura and Velatura, closely parallel the techniques taught in the previous Drawing workshop with Noah Buchanan, which serves as a prerequisite for this course.

This workshop is a highly recommended to take subsequent to Buchanan’s June workshop, Portrait Drawing with Charcoal and White Chalk

$50 off discount for purchasing two Buchanan workshops: NBTWO-#$%

AN ONLINE WORKSHOP
Instructor: Noah Buchanan

Originally held June 19 , 20 , 26 • 2021
This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

This 3-Day Online Portrait Drawing in Charcoal and White Chalk, workshop will focus on Drawing with charcoal and white chalk on toned paper, applied to the subject matter of the human head. Students will learn subtractive methods of charcoal drawing: the illusion of volume and form will be initiated on the page through the reduction of a charcoal wash. Learning will also include how to model form with Charcoal and white chalk, as well as allowing the toned paper to create volume and form.

This workshop is a highly recommended to take subsequent to Buchanan’s workshop, Indirect Portrait Painting: Imprimatura and Velatura.

$50 off discount for purchasing two Buchanan workshops: NBTWO-#$%