Portrait Painting ESSENTIALS

Tuesdays 6:00 - 10:00 pm (4 hours)

6 classes: $575 (includes model fees)

Starts October 29, 2024 (skips week of Thanksgiving)

Instructor:

Karen Offutt

Prerequisites:

Students must be experienced in both drawing and painting from life. 

Class Description:

In our efforts to understand painting as a visual language it is important to see what we will paint as an abstract form.  To eliminate our preconceived assumptions of what we see and break them down into parts.  These essential elements will give us the foundation to understand what we see and allows for a more intuitive paint application.  The goal is to achieve a 3 dimensional likeness with a simple block-in of the larger shapes and then to build on that by carving out the smaller shapes.   Along the way she will discuss, in more detail, the use of value, color and temperature as well as how to adjust edges to create a sense of atmosphere within the painting.

Supply List:

  • Canvas boards/panels/canvas paper.

    • (2-3) 12"x16"s

  • Palette - Masterson Sta-Wet Artist Palette Seal - 12" x 16" x 1 3/4" (link)

  • New Wave Posh Glass Tabletop Palettes (link)

  • Steel palette knife

  • Gamsol

  • Container for the Gamsol

  • Paper Towels - (Viva is great)

  • Small container of Linseed Oil, Walnut Oil or Oleogel from Rublev

  • Brushes – assorted. Try hog and synthetic blends

    • Filbert 2, 4, 6, 8

    • Flat 2, 4, 6, 8

  • Oil colors  (Gamblin is an inexpensive brand with low toxic paints)

    • Titanium White

    • Cadmium Yellow

    • Yellow Ochre

    • Cadmium Red

    • Alizarin Crimson

    • Transparent Oxide Red

    • Manganese Blue

    • Ultramarine Blue

    • Viridian Green

    • Burnt Sienna - (preferably by Michael Harding)

    • Burnt Umber

    • Ivory Black