Alla Prima – Figure Painting in Oil
Location: Scottsdale Location
Room: TBA
Mar 22-26, 2010
Meets 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri
Tuition: $585.00
Model Fee: $35.00
Level: BEG-ADV
Status: This program is completed
This workshop will be focused on how to use beautiful oil colors to paint from life models. Students will learn effective ways to paint human figures from 25 minute quick studies, to a one-day length session incorporating the Alla Prima approach.
Class will start from a relatively simple, limited color palette for quick paintings, to full color palette for longer paintings. Different techniques will be demonstrated and practiced: such as premixing unique colors, matching the right values with expressive or exaggerated color temperatures, the application of various thin and thick brushworks, and more. Canvas size: 11x14 to 16x20, about 8 to 10 pieces of canvas or canvas board.
Instructor -- Henry Yan
Henry Yan began his art education in China were he was exposed to the great Russian masters. He studied electrical engineering in China, but his love of art continued, and eventually he moved to the United States where he studied at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. He counts among his major influences Repin, Levitan, Fechin, and Sargent. A member of the faculty at the Academy of Art College since 1996, Yan is the author of the acclaimed book Henry Yan’s Figure Drawing: Techniques and Tips. His work is held in private collections and galleries worldwide. www.henryyanart.com
- Brushes: Bristle flats or filberts: #4, #6, #8, (#10 or cheap house painting brush 1" to 2") Bristle rounds: #0 or #2 Sable flat: #6, #8, #10 Bristle fan brush #4 Brush holder: can or bottle.
- Oil Paint: Titanium white (large tube); Cadmium yellow light; Yellow ochre; Cadmium red light; Alizarin chrison; Sap green; Viridian; Cerulean blue; Ultramarine blue; Burnt umber
- Optional Colors: Cadmium yellow deep; Cadmium orange; Permanent rose; Burnt sienna; Cobalt blue; Cobalt violet; Terra Rosa
- Canvas boards ( or Canvas ): 12X16: 3 to 5 pieces; 14X18: 3 pieces; 16X20: 2 pieces
- Gesso (grey): 1 bottle
- Palette and Palette knife
- Gamsol or Turpenoid; or other odorless thinner, Linseed oil Liquin (optional) Glass jar or metal can to hold thinner
- Paper towels