Advanced Portrait Painting - Video Course

$ 330.00

Join Aloria Weaver & David Heskin for a deep dive into the practice of Oil Painting Portraiture.

RECORDED ONLINE COURSE in 5 VIDEOS:
Classical Realism with Aloria Weaver & David Heskin
Render life-like flesh and capture an accurate likeness through translucent layers of oil paint.

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Curriculum Overview
Drawing & Transfer
Underpainting & Overpainting
Color Logic & Mixing Strategies
Glazing & Layering
Perfecting Handmade Oil Mediums
Traditional & Modern Pigments

This is an Advanced Course. It is open to all levels, however a working knowledge of value relationships (darks to lights) and a solid drawing foundation are a must. Practicing artists tend to gain the most out of our intensives. Wherever our students are on their art path, they will be able to use the hands-on knowledge in this course to expand their skills to new levels of understanding and comfort with the complex array of artist's materials that are available.

The process of indirect (layered) painting techniques will be explored from start to finish, adjusting the formulas of our mediums to suit each stage. By de-mystifying traditional materials and mediums, a connection is made to the elemental sources from which oil painting supplies are sourced.

Students are encouraged to generate or research their own portrait reference material, ideally high resolution images that can be printed at the size of the painting. The overall size of the painting is up to each student.

As always, we will delve deeply into the properties and working characteristics of oil paint and oil painting mediums.
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REQUIRED MATERIALS

Students will be required to have a small selection of specific brushes, oil paints, mediums and panels.

Panel (9x12", 11x14", 12x16" or 16x20")
Brushes: A small selection of sable or synthetic sable brushes in filberts, rounds & goat hair mops, plus at least one fine liner for inking. A flat soft, synthetic/sable glazing brush 1.5"-2".
Charcoal: vine (not pencils) & sand paper for sharpening
Ink: India or other shellac-based / waterproof ink
Oil colors:

Cremnitz (lead) White – PW1
OR alternative Lithopone – PW5
Titanium White – PW6
Raw Umber – PBr7
Alizarin Crimson – PR83
Transparent Iron Oxide – PR101
Genuine Naples Yellow (lead antimonate) – PY41
OR alternative Mars Yellow – PY42
Terre Verte Green – PG23
Ultramarine Blue – PB29

Mediums:

Sun-thickened linseed oil
Gum Spirits of Turpentine
Canada Balsam (optional)

Small jars for mixing oil mediums
Oil palette & palette knife
Small ceramic glazing dish (plate or shallow bowl)

Purchase our own handmade, sun-thickened linseed oil here

Link to purchase materials
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