Portrait and Figure Painting with a Limited Palette
Workshop | Available
Portrait and figure painting is manageable if we learn how to break the process up into steps. Learning to see things simply is key to our development as painters. We will paint portrait in the morning sessions and figure in the afternoon sessions. We will focus on the four main aspects of a painting: Proportion, Value, Color, and Edge. We will use a limited palette of seven colors to help us learn color theory and color relationships. Dominique will demo as well as critique students each session. Practicing this way will help sharpen our observation and take our skills to a new level. www.dominiquemedici.com
Dominique Medici
Dominique is a Figurative Artist specializing in both Egg Tempera and Oil Painting. She studied in London and has exhibited internationally, including Art in Action, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Christies Young Artist Exhibition and the Society of Portrait Painters. Medici has been a semi-finalist in both the Outwin Boochevor Portrait Completion and BP Portrait Prize and has received awards from The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club among others. Dominique has undertaken numerous international portrait commissions and her work in displayed in many private collections throughout the US and Europe, Dominique has a passion for teaching and has taught extensively both privately and publicly.
“I love working from life with direct observation because it is tangible and concrete. However, there is something that lies behind the obvious, a sense of mystery and wonder. Whether it is the model in the studio, a stream in woods or a crowded downtown scene, life has a sparkle and shimmer, I love connecting with that and trying to get an expression of it directly in my work. I am always searching for a quality of stillness in my work. There is a profound and serene joy that washes over when the boundary between subject and object is lost. My hope is that my viewers get a sense of this when looking at my work”—Dominique Medici