Portrait Painting: Capturing a Likeness, Creating Form and Light

Portrait Painting: Capturing a Likeness, Creating Form and Light

Class | Available

2107 Westlake Ave Seattle, WA 98121 United States

First Floor Studio

All Levels

7/31/2024-8/28/2024

1:30 PM-4:30 PM PDT on Wed

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$390.00

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Learn to paint realistic portraits using oil or acrylic paint. Students will develop original portrait paintings from live art models and discover essential techniques for capturing a model’s likeness with accuracy. Nicholas Enevoldsen will present live demonstrations, individual critiques, and a series of lectures designed to equip students with techniques for mixing flesh tones, color theory principles, paint application, and how to imbue their work with a compelling sense of light, atmosphere, and form.


  • MATERIALS:
    Students may choose to work with either oil or acrylic painting media. Below are supply lists specific to oil-based or acrylic-based painting.

    OIL-BASED PAINTING – SUPPLY LIST
    OIL COLORS
    • Cadmium Red Light
    • Alizarin Crimson
    • Ultramarine Blue
    • Cerulean Blue or Manganese Blue
    • Cadmium Yellow Medium or Light
    • Yellow Ochre / Yellow Ochre Pale (Winsor Newton)
    • Titanium / Flake White (large tube)
    • Raw Umber
    • Ivory Black

    (Optional Oil Colors: Cadmium Orange, Titanium Nickel Yellow, Burnt Sienna, Quinacridone Magenta, Viridian Green, Dioxizine Purple, Old Holland English Red)

    SUPPORTS (Painting Surfaces)
    • (2) Pre-stretched canvas or gesso-primed wood panel (11 X 14” – 18 X 24”)

    MEDIUMS /ADDITIVES
    • Refined Linseed Oil or Gamblin Solvent Free Liquid

    BRUSHES
    • Bristle or Synthetic: 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 (flat, filbert, or round)
    • Raphael Kolinsky Sable: sizes 0, 2 (pointed round)

    MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
    • Palette (glass, wood, or paper sheets – Neutral color is BEST)
    • Palette Knife – (medium diamond head recommended)
    • Brush Cleaning Jar with Lid – Gamsol solvent only*
    • Small Container with Lid (for storing paint medium)
    • Paper towels / Cotton rags
    • Vine / Willow Charcoal Sticks (for preparatory drawing on canvas)
    • Kneaded Eraser


    ACRYLIC BASED PAINTING—SUPPLY LIST
    ACRYLIC COLORS
    (Heavy Body – Golden or Liquitex paint recommended)
    • Black - Ivory/Mars/Bone
    • Raw Umber
    • Ultramarine Blue
    • Cerulean Blue
    • Alizarin Crimson
    • Yellow Ochre
    • Cadmium Red Light / Pyrrole Red Light
    • Cadmium Yellow Medium / Hansa Yellow Med.
    • Titanium White (large tube)

    (*optional - Cadmium Orange / Vat Orange,Titanate Yellow, Burnt Sienna, Quinacridone Magenta, Viridian Green, Dioxazine Purple)

    MEDIUM
    • Golden Glazing Liquid (satin or gloss)
    (*optional medium - Golden Heavy Gel Medium - matte or gloss)

    SUPPORTS (Painting Surfaces)
    • (2) stretched canvases or gesso primed wood panels (11” X 14” – 18” x 24”)

    ACRYLIC BRUSHES: synthetic bristles
    • Princeton/Winsor Newton Galleria: Sizes 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 (flat or round)
    • Raphael Kolinsky Sable: sizes 0, 2 (pointed round)

    MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
    • Palette: paper, glass, or wood (neutral color is BEST)
    • Palette Knife – (medium diamond head recommended)
    • Vine Charcoal: soft/medium sticks for preparatory drawing.
    • Cheap Spray Bottle (for water)
    • Cheap Plastic Cup (for water)

    For questions related to the course or material list please contact the instructor:
    Email: nicholas.enevoldsen@gmail.com