Focus on Color
Location: Scottsdale Location
Room: TBD
Oct 7-Nov 18, 2010
Meets 6:30 PM-9:30 PM
on Th
Tuition: $270.00
Model Fee: $35.00
Level: BEG-INT
Status: This program has been canceled
The portrait is the subject of this class. The focus will be on seeing values and applying color to make paintings successful and exciting. Students will achieve an understanding of the relationships between value and color in order to gain a more professional level of painting. Students should have some drawing skills and the desire to learn to paint the portrait. There will be instructor demonstrations and create quick oil sketches from portrait models. Class will include anatomy of the head, breaking the head into simple shapes and the relationship of values and color. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of value comparison. The instructors will share their knowledge and observation of portraits by various master and contemporary painters. Beyond the fundamentals of composition, drawing and values, color is the key element which will bring paintings to life. Be prepared to work hard, make new friends and have fun.
- No class November 11, 2010
Instructor -- Mike Maczuga
Michael Maczuga paints daily wherever and whenever time allows. Maczuga has been a member of the Oil Painters of America since 2004, he is also the founding director of the one and only major plein aire show in Scottsdale, “The Wild Wild West Show.” Michael’s artwork can be found at Scottsdale Fine Art Gallery, AZ, and Cole Gallery, WA, as well as private collections throughout the southwest.
Instructor -- Tracy Schacht
TRACY SCHACHT has been creating and teaching fine art for over 10 years. Tracy began formal training at the Seattle Academy of Fine Art, and later at the Scottsdale Artists School, Palette and Chisel Academy in Chicago, and the Watts Atelier in Southern California. Schacht was featured in Southwest Art magazine’s annual “21 Under 31” upcoming-artist preview issue in 2007. His artwork is held in private collections from San Francisco to Toronto.