Description
INTRO TO FIGURE PAINTING IN OILS
Wednesdays 6:30 – 9:30pm
March 2022 (3/2; 3/9; 3/16; 3/23)
Tuition: $220 plus Materials Fee of $20
While working from a live model to paint the human form, this four week class will include all the fundamentals of oil painting. Topics covered will include how to hand grind your own pigments, where you will take home a tube of your very own hand ground oil paint, all the way through to painting and varnishing a finished painting. You will learn how to do an oil transfer, as well as the best painting practices to ensure your paintings will last. Safe studio practices will be stressed as we explore various oil painting terms and techniques to mix accurate value and flesh colors. Several approaches to painting the figure in oils will be introduced.
The materials fee covers all the expenses for you to take home a tube of your own hand ground oil pigment.
This Figure Series will build skills from month to month, starting with the basic fundamentals of drawing the figure in line and working our way through to painting the figure in oil. Working from the live model, you will develop an understanding of proper proportions, structure and basic anatomy of the human figure. This class will strengthen your understanding of the human form as well as strengthen your drawing and painting ability whether you are an absolute beginner or an advanced student. Class is limited to 12 students.
HERE IS THE SERIES MONTH BY MONTH:
January: Figure Drawing Fundamentals I – Line
February: Figure Drawing Fundamentals II – Value
March: Fundamentals of Figure Painting
April: Indirect Figure Painting
May: Alla Prima Figure Painting
