Portrait Painting Workshop in Vestal, NY
September 27–29, 2017
I am leading a three-day oil portrait workshop this September in Vestal, New York. All levels of experience are welcome!
Wednesday–Friday, September 27–29th, 2017
$210 FASST members and $230 non-members
Wed/Thur - 9:30am–5:00pm, clean-up 5–5:30pm
Fri - 9:30am–4:0pm, clean up 4–4:30pm
For more information and to register, please contact Jan Wood of the Fine Arts Society of the Southern Tier: email benzjw1@gmail.com or call (607) 797-1719.
Working from a live model, students will learn classical methods of painting oil portraits on canvas. Each day, I will spend the morning demonstrating and walking students through my thinking and painting process, and in the afternoons, the attendees will all paint together while I offer group and individual guidance to keep everyone’s paintings on track.
Day 1: Underpainting in raw umber to establish the overall shapes and value pattern of light and dark
Day 2: Color block-in
Day 3: Color rendering, refining, and polishing
Although portraiture will be our focus, the techniques and principles we cover can be applied to any type of oil painting: landscape, figure, still-life, etc.
I hope to see you there!
