Description
CHELSEA BARD
MIXED MEDIA PORTRAIT DRAWING
3 Day Workshop
November 6 – 8, 2026
10:00 – 5:00pm
Tuition $600
Model Fee: $50
In this 3 day workshop students will take a deep dive into a mixed media approach to creating a naturalistic portrait drawing. Working with a model from life students will hone their skills of accurate observation and conceptual knowledge to represent nature. Dividing time between block in and modeling stages, there will be an emphasis on building the architecture of the portrait and the fundamentals of representation – character of the model, anatomical & structural conventions, and form rendering.
Chelsea will guide students in using varied drawing materials to convey character, energy and bolster objective truths of the portrait. With the aid of master drawings students will investigate and discuss the historical use of materials to convey nature, concept and emotion.
Materials to be discussed and utilized will include charcoal, graphite, earth pigment pencils, chalk, earth pigment pastel, and gouache paint. Students may select among this list to develop material relationships in the work that they feel most attracted to. While offering objective guidance Chelsea will encourage selective, intentional and personal creative engagement with the materials.
Throughout the workshop students will see Chelsea’s approach demonstrated, participate in short lectures and receive one on one critiques. With a full workshop, we will have 2 models posing to allow students proximity to the models for better observation.
Instructor Bio:
Chelsea Bard (b. 1991) is an American Visual Artist, most known for her figurative work. A native New Englander, Bard obtained a BFA from the Hartford Art School in Connecticut before pursuing a foundation in painting and draftsmanship at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. Trained in the methods and concepts first sown in the Renaissance, she seeks to bring forth the tools and spirit of the tradition in resonant, authentic and vitally new ways. Bard’s widely acclaimed work hangs in collections throughout North America, Europe, United Kingdom, Australia and Japan including at the Stobart Foundation and The New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art. Chelsea now lives and maintains studios between New England and New York City.
www.chelseabard.com
Materials List HERE
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