Portrait Painting in Oil

Class | This program is completed

1501 10th Ave East Seattle, WA 98102 United States

TBD

All Levels

8/8/2019-9/5/2019

6:30 PM-9:30 PM PDT on Th

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$255.00

$229.50

$10.00

Discover the art and practice of portraiture as you learn to compose from observation, acquire strategies for organizing visual information, and study historic precedents. Work with renowned artist Jim Phalen to learn how to render convincing and compelling likenesses of the model in oil.

  • (2) Pre-stretched canvas, wood or dibond panel (11 X 14” – 18 X 24”)
  • Colors:
  • Cadmium Red Light
  • Alizarin Crimson
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Cerulean Blue or Manganese Blue
  • Cadmium Yellow Medium
  • Yellow Ochre / Yellow Ochre Pale (Winsor Newton)
  • Titanium / Flake White (large tube)
  • Raw Umber
  • Ivory Black ?
  • Optional Colors = Cadmium Orange, Titanium Nickel Yellow, Burnt Sienna, Quinacridone Magenta, Viridian Green, Dioxizine Purple, Cobalt Blue, Old Holland Violet Grey, Old Holland English Red, Burnt Umber
  • Brushes:
  • Natural bristle: Robert Simmons Signet: 0 – 10 (flat/filbert)
  • Synthetic: Princeton or Winsor/Newton Galleria: 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 (flat/round)
  • Natural hair sable: Raphael Kolinsky Sable, sizes: 0, 2 (round)
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Refined Linseed Oil or Gamblin Solvent Free Liquid
  • Palette (glass, wood, or paper sheets – Neutral color is BEST)
  • Palette Knife – (medium diamond head recommended)
  • Brush Cleaning Jar with Lid – Gamsol solvent only*
  • Vine / Willow Charcoal Sticks (for preparatory drawing on canvas)
  • BRUSHES - I use different types of brushes for various tasks applying ‘the right tool for the right job’. I will present and discuss various types of brushes and my experiences with each of them in class. Please bring any previously owned brushes and paint to class.
  • There are four common types of painting brushes: flats, rounds, filberts, and brights. Natural bristle brushes (made from hog’s hair) are great for all around usage. Sable brushes are superb for fine detail, finessing, and watercolor. Synthetic brushes are designed to mimic both bristle and sables. Cleaning your brushes thoroughly will add greatly to their longevity.
  • For questions related to materials or the course, please feel free to contact the instructor: nicholas.enevoldsen@gmail.com