Painting support:

Primed panel or Canvas (can be primed with gesso, acrylic gesso, or oil primer); approximately 16" x 20". (Size is meant to accommodate a Life Size Head, or slightly smaller than life size)

Instructor will paint on smooth oil primed linen: Claessens 13; or Art Fix 64C.

Suggestion: Raymar makes panels that are mounted with Art Fix 64C linen.

Oil Colors:

Titanium White or Lead White

(If Lead White is used I recommend Rublev Natural Pigments Lead White #2, or Utrecht Flemish White.)

Yellow Ochre

Venetian Red

Ultramarine Blue

Medium:

A faster drying medium is recommended due to the short time frame of the workshop (especially on Day 1 and 2). Here are some recommendations:

Rublev Italian Varnish: Thick, marmalade-like. Similar to Maroger Medium. Contains Lead. Dries fast.

Gamblin's Neo Megilp. A fast-drying medium with almost no odor at all. Jelly-like consistency.

Liquin. A very fast drying medium, heavy odor. Jam/Jelly-like consistency.

Brushes:

Use brushes you are comfortable with.

Instructor will mostly use Rosemary Red Dot Series, Pointed Rounds, long handle, sizes 4, 6, 8, 10

However, instructor may occasionally use a variety of other brushes.

Palette:

Use a palette you are comfortable with.

If a disposable palette is desired: Grey Matters Paper Palette is recommended

Instructor uses a real wooden palette from Traditional Palette Co.

Drawing Materials:

Graphite on White paper are recommended.

However, Please feel free to make a preliminary drawing using any/all drawing materials that you feel comfortable with.

In Advance:

In the weeks before the beginning of the workshop, the Instructor will make a drawing of our model from photographic references, and then transfer this drawing to his canvas. Both the instructor's drawing and the reference photographs will be available to workshop participants prior to the beginning of the workshop.

Please make a preliminary drawing of the model in advance of the start of the workshop; this drawing should be transferred to the canvas/panel before the beginning of the workshop. Instructions on how to transfer a drawing to your canvas will be available prior to the beginning of the workshop.

Students will paint from high res 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. These skills will also serve as an essential stage in making studies for paintings. 

Noah Buchanan began his artistic studies in 1994 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where he studied classical drawing and painting, as well as extensive studies in human anatomy. In 2002, he received a Masters of Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art where he intensified his training in figure painting and anatomy with Martha Mayer Erlebacher and Steven Assael.

Noah Buchanan is represented by Dacia Gallery in New York, as well as Winfield Gallery in Carmel, CA. He has participated in exhibitions across the United States from New York to Los Angeles. Buchanan has exhibited internationally in London, Edinburgh, and Tokyo. His paintings and drawings are featured in private and public collections throughout the United States and Europe. Buchanan teaches painting and drawing at several colleges and universities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

His work is based in the mythic, symbolic and heroic traditions of the figure. He is primarily interested in depicting the human figure as a vessel which confronts and grapples with the Divine.