Simplified Beginnings - Mixing Color for Portraits with a Limited Palette
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Simplified Beginnings - Mixing Color for Portraits with a Limited Palette In this class, students will concentrate on mixing flesh tones from only three colors, discovering the beautiful array of color that only the primaries provides. The students will all be emailed Jean’s photo reference as well as a copy of her finished portrait, so they can sketch the portrait onto the canvas at home and bring it to class. (Individual help will be given to correct the drawing, if desired). This will save valuable time to enable the class to dive into mixing beautiful flesh tones as demonstrated by Jean. Time will be spent seeing the correct values and mixing those values in color. Demos will be in oil, but pastel is also welcome. www.jeanhildebrant.com
Jean Hildebrant
Jean's favorite subject is the human soul. She desires to capture the essence and inner beauty of the human spirit through the use of light and color.
Jean is an award-winning Arizonan with an established national reputation. Her oils and pastel works have been featured in many respected publications (North Light Books, National Geographic, and Pastel Journal Magazine, for example.) Her paintings consistently garner recognition in local, national and international art shows. She has studied with some of America’s foremost artists at the renowned Scottsdale Artists School.
Born and raised in a small town in Oregon, Jean Hildebrant found herself drawn to the beauty of art at the exceptionally early age of three. With a love for art growing within, Jean spent most of her free-time drawing to develop her gift. As her personal style began to develop, she discovered that she especially enjoyed working in oil and pastel mediums. As Jean continued seeking out ways to improve her talents, she attended workshops held by local artists and enrolled as an art major in the local college. As a result of her efforts, she won two scholarships to Scottsdale Artists School, based strictly on the merit of her work.
She has studied with nationally known artists Albert Handell, Richard McKinley, Phil Beck, Bob Lemler, Ben Konis and Clayton J. Beck 111. Artists that have influenced her work include John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla and Anders Zorn. Jean’s favorite subject is the human soul. Specializing in portraits and figurative works, she desires to capture the essence and inner beauty of the human spirit through the use of light and color. She wants her paintings to speak to the emotions and spirit of each person who views them. She paints realism with the purpose of leaving an indelible impression. Jean has exhibited and won numerous awards in local and national shows.
Among these accomplishments are the Pastel Journal Magazine’s 2006 "Pastel 100" competition p