Modern Realist Figure Painting

Class | This program is completed

1501 10th Ave East Seattle, WA 98102 United States

TBD

All Levels

9/18/2019-11/20/2019

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

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$490.00

$441.00

$10.00

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Learn to paint the human figure while exploring traditional and contemporary painting methods in oil or water-based media. Working from live models, students will discover essential techniques for capturing a model’s likeness with accuracy and for expressing personal artistic vision with heightened emotive and aesthetic effects. Nicholas will present live demonstrations, individual critiques, and offer a series of lectures designed to equip students with integral knowledge and skills for painting flesh tones and for capturing a compelling sense of light, atmosphere, and form.

  • Students can choose to paint with either ‘oil’ or ‘acrylic’ painting media for the two longpose
  • and one ‘alla prima’ (single session) figure painting projects during the course.
  • Below are lists of supplies specific to oil and acrylic based painting:
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  • OIL BASED PAINTING:
  • OIL 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 Oil 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
  • MEDIUM
  • • Refined Linseed Oil or Gamblin Solvent Free Liquid (OILS)
  • SUPPORTS (Painting Surfaces)
  • • (3) Pre-stretched canvas or ‘gesso primed’ wood panel (18” X 24” – 30” x 40”)
  • MODERN REALIST FIGURE PAINTING
  • MATERIALS Instructor: Nicholas Enevoldsen
  • 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*
  • • Vine Charcoal Sticks (soft/medium) for preparatory drawing
  • • Paper Towels/Cotton Rags
  • BRUSHES (OIL)– 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.
  • RECOMMENDED 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)
  • ACRYLIC BASED PAINTING
  • ACRYLIC COLORS Heavy Body – Golden or Liquitex paint
  • Black - Ivory/Mars/Bone
  • Raw Umber
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Cerulean Blue
  • Quinacridone Magenta
  • Alizarin Crimson
  • Yellow Ochre
  • Cadmium Red Light / Pyrrole Red Light
  • Cadmium Yellow Medium / Hansa Yellow Med.
  • Titanium White (large tube)
  • (*optional colors)
  • Cadmium Orange / Vat Orange, Burnt Sienna, Viridian Green, Dioxazine Purple
  • MEDIUM
  • • Golden Glazing Liquid (satin or gloss)
  • SUPPORTS (Painting Surfaces)
  • • (3) Pre-stretched canvas, gessoed wood panel (18” X 24” – 30” x 40”)
  • ACRYLIC BRUSHES: synthetic bristles
  • • Princeton/Winsor Newton Galleria:
  • Sizes: 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 (flat or round)
  • • Raphael Kolinsky Sable
  • Sizes: 0, 2 (round)
  • MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
  • • Palette: paper, glass, or wood Neutral color is BEST
  • • Vine Charcoal: soft/medium sticks for preparatory drawing.
  • • Cheap Spray Bottle (for water)
  • • Cheap Plastic Cup (for water)
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  • ART SUPPLY STORES:
  • Artist and Craftsman Supply 4350 8th Ave NE, 206.545.0091
  • Dick Blick 1600 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122
  • Hobby Lobby 13200 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133
  • Dakota Art Store 6116 Roosevelt Way NE, 206.523.4830
  • Daniel Smith 4150 1st Ave S, 206.223.9599
  • Utrecht Art Supplies http://www.utrechtart.com/
  • For questions related to materials or the course,
  • please feel free to contact the instructor:
  • nicholas.enevoldsen@gmail.com