The Alla Prima Portrait
Location: Scottsdale Location
Room: TBA
Feb 5-7, 2010
Meets 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
on Sun Fri Sat
Tuition: $350.00
Model Fee: $35.00
Level: INT-ADV
Status: This program is completed
This workshop will cover the principles of painting the portrait wet into wet in one to two sittings. Getting the essence of the likeness and making a simple statement with paint are some of the hardest things to grasp in painting. Pro will cover methods that he uses in capturing the human spirit on canvas through demonstrations and individual attention. We will also cover understanding light and its different temperatures and how it affects the sitter. If you are passionate about learning to paint the portrait from life with bravura brushwork and riveting color, this workshop is for you. Class level is for intermediate to advanced painters, and students MUST know how to draw the human head at an intermediate to advanced level.
Instructor -- Tony Pro
Tony Pro holds a BA from California State University, and studied at California Art Institute. Tony recently won Best of Show in the Oil Painters of America Show and was in the Top 10 at the Portrait Society of America Show. His work has been featured on the cover of Southwest Art. Tony is represented by Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT and Circle T Fine Art, Tempe, AZ. www.profineart.com
- Easels : School provides easels unless you have one that you prefer.
- Palette: Glass palette preferred, although a wood palette is fine. NO PAPER PALETTES
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- Brushes: Bristle Brushes in Filbert (2,4,6,8,12 wash) (Robert Simmons or Escoda); Langnickel series #5590 or Isabey Isacryls for softer/smaller passages
- Canvas: 16x12, 16x20, 18x24 in. Oil Double or Triple Primed Linen is best; if you use acrylic primed cotton make sure it is good quality.
- Paint: (Limited Palette) –Rembrandt, Windsor Newton Artists Series are sufficient. Titanium White ; Cad. Yellow Medium (For warm light settings); Yellow Ochre Light or Pale (For cool light settings); Cad. Red ; Burnt Sienna or Transparent Oxide Red; Ivory Black. (Extended Palette): Titanium White ; Cad. Yellow Medium (For warm light settings); Yellow Ochre Light or Pale (For cool light settings); Cad. Red Light; Alizarin Crimson; Burnt Sienna; Ultramarine Blue; Cobalt Blue; Viridian; Ivory Black
- Mineral spirits : Gamsol or ODORLESS mineral spirits. Good container or can for spirits with coil or mesh.
- Paper Towels (VIVA recommended)
- Hand Mirror- used for checking drawing in the reverse.
- Tony’s email address: tony@tonypro-fineart.com