Instructed Figure Painting - June - 4 Sessions

Course Description: One of the most common difficulties for beginning and intermediate painters is finishing a painting. Starting a painting is simple enough, but understanding how to organize that start into a coherent, finished illusion of reality is the most difficult aspect of naturalistic painting. This class will teach you a step by step procedure to methodically navigate through a full figure painting. We start with a precise line drawing, then transfer it to a toned canvas, and lastly finish part by part, moving top to bottom in a process referred to as “window shading” by the 19th century masters. Having some familiarity with life drawing is recommended as a prerequisite for this class, although you don’t need to have painted before.

Week 1: Drawing and Transferring
Week 2: Color Mixing and First Layer
Week 3: Managing Details and Part by Part Rendering
Week 4: Finishing the Painting

Class Schedule: Tuesdays, July: 8, 15, 22, and 29 6:30 pm - 9:15 pm

Materials List:
-18x24 inch canvas
-18x24 inch sheet of paper
-2b graphite pencil
-medium vine charcoal
-kneadable eraser
-variety of sizes of synthetic or sable filbert brushes and one small round brush
-linseed oil
-medium cup
-oil paint (I use all Gamblin professional grade and I'm not picky about the exact colors but I use Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Red Light, Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue, and Ivory Black).
-raw umber acrylic paint