THREE DAY WORKSHOP - THE JOY OF PORTRAIT PAINTING

There is nothing like the joy experienced in capturing the likeness of another person in an oil painting. Unlike other painting subjects, a portrait involves a relationship with the subject like none other. The challenge is great, but so are the rewards.
This 3-Day workshop will be an effort to demystify the art of portraiture. If portrait were easy, then everybody could paint them. However, the fact is, that there are orderly processes that take away some of the mystery and leave you with the joy of a job will done.

All representational painting is based on realistic patterns of light and dark. We observe these patterns simulating three-dimensional form.

In real life, seeing is believing. In painting, we recreate seeing to believe.

This workshop will be a particularly new way of approaching portrait painting by those somewhat experienced with the genre. It will be very instructive to those new to the subject.

Topics will show attendees how to address key facets of portrait painting:

SHAPES
• How to use shapes (rather than line) to create illusion of engaging compositions

LIGHT AND SHADOW
• How to apply principles of light and shadow to create the illusion of 3-dimensional form

SPACE (foreground/background/focal perspective, etc.)
• How to create the illusion of space using tricks the masters discovered over the ages

VALUES
• How to use values as the key to the illusion of space and form within a strong value pattern composition

COLOR (hue/intensity/temperature)
• How to see and mix colors to orchestrate vivid realistic illusions of the impact of hues, intensities and temperatures on portrait subjects

The workshop will include daily a/v presentations that illustrate and dramatize key principles within each of these facets. Participants will be able to apply each individual facet in an experimental portrait painted from a live model.

Gene Dillard will lead the workshop. He has years of experience as a professional portrait printer. And, years of expertise gained from a career in the graphic arts, where the skills for exactness are important and apply to the need for accuracy in creating likenesses in portrait painting. The sessions will start at 9:00 each morning. At noon, there will be an hour break for lunch. The afternoon session will last from 1:00 to 4:00.

THURSDAY, February 21, 9-4 PM
FRIDAY, February 22, 9-4 PM
SATURDAY, February 23, 9-4 PM

WORKSHOP FEE
The cost for the 3-Day workshop is $350. A $100 deposit will hold a spot for you. (Refunded if notice given 10days in advance.) Space is limited, so the workshop will only include up to 5 participants, allowing for a lot of individual instruction. The deposit and/or full payment can be easily made online here.

http://dfwartworkshops.com/

Or go to www.legayportraitpainters.com/workshops

Once you register, a detailed outline of the workshop will be forwarded to you along with a materials supply list.