Portrait Painting

Portrait Painting

GG Weeklong Workshop | This program is completed

Intermediate

8/19/2019-8/23/2019

10:00 AM-5:00 PM PDT on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri

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$695.00

$625.50

$10.00

At Gage Georgetown at Equinox Studios
6520 5th Ave S., Seattle 98108
Studio A


Make a head and shoulders portrait beginning with a brush drawing on a toned ground. Then paint from dark to light: the realization of form through painting the effects of the light. This method is based on light direction, light and shadow, and the effect of tonal progression we see on rounded form, proceeding from dark to light. It entails painting sectionally, from dark to light, first painting a base progression, and then into this wet base, brushing in our lights by placing other, lighter brushstrokes, thus topping out and illuminating our forms. This method is also called Form Painting because of the tangible way it expresses form by the actions of light.

  • DIRECT PORTRAIT PAINTING IN OIL
  • MATERIALS
  • OIL COLORS:
  • Standard tubes (~37ml):
  • *Titanium White
  • *Cadmium Lemon Yellow
  • *Cadmium Yellow, med.
  • *Cadmium Orange
  • *Cadmium Red
  • *Quinacridone Magenta
  • *Ultramarine Blue
  • *Cerulean Blue (cobalt stannate PB 35)
  • *Phthalocyanine Green
  • *Old Holland Ochre, Old Holland
  • *Deep Ochre, Old Holland (not yellow ochre deep)
  • *Raw Umber
  • *Transparent Brown Oxide
  • *Ivory black
  • BRUSHES:
  • 3 each: Raphael Series 869 #4,6
  • 2 each: Winsor-Newton “University” Series 235, #1,2
  • 1 each: Winsor-Newton “Monarch” Series 5503, #10
  • These are all synthetic rounds.
  • PALETTE:
  • New Wave Art POSH Wood Tabletop Palette
  • Size: 11.75x15.75"
  • Color: Grey or Wood Stained
  • PANEL:
  • Please bring either the panel listed below, or some other comparable surface on which to paint:
  • (https://trekell.com/lead-primed-linen-panels.html)
  • Lead Primed Linen Panel - 1/8" Aluminum Composite Material
  • Part Number: L-ACM
  • Size: 10”x12”
  • Note: The panel should be toned to a light, warm gray, approximately the color and value of whole wheat bread. Use a small quantity of raw umber and ivory black, mixed with plenty of solvent. It should be applied to the panel a least one week before class.
  • SOLVENT:
  • Gamsol
  • OTHER SUPPLIES:
  • Paper towels (Viva, recommended)
  • Masterson’s Palette Box (12x16)
  • Palette knife (see photo)
  • BRUSH WASHER:
  • Here are a couple of options:
  • 1) Da Vinci Air-Tight Brush Washer
  • 2) Newton AirTight Deluxe Brush Washer