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**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/-GnoiiOv2QU
This course will focus on accurately drawing and painting the portrait. The importance of working from a high quality reference photograph will be thoroughly discussed. Students will execute a detailed drawing and learn how to employ a monochromatic block-in to properly identify the values of the subject. The class will culminate with a full color application of color, using thin glaze layers of watercolor. The objective of the course is to demonstrate how a methodical approach increases the depth and sense of realism in paintings.
Week 1 -
Discussion of reference photographs and materials.
Demonstration of drawing technique.
Week 2 -
Discussion of the importance of values in watercolor paintings.
Apply a monochromatic block-in over the detailed drawing.
Week 3 -
Discussion of color mixing.
Apply a dead color pass.
Week 4 -
Introduce the full color palette.
Week 5 -
Add finishing touches, using drybrush techniques
Winsor & Newton 300 lb. cold pressed watercolor paper
Winsor & Newton professional grade watercolors
Winsor & Newton Series 7 sable brushes
Reeves watercolor palette
Plastic muffin pans
Artist’s Tape
Zep Professional Sprayer bottle
Ball Mason jars
Viva paper towels
Colors used:
Burnt umber
French ultramarine blue
Permanent rose
Payne’s grey
Sepia
Neutral tint
Permanent alizarin crimson
Raw sienna
Burnt sienna
Indanthrene blue
**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/-GnoiiOv2QU
This course will focus on accurately drawing and painting the portrait. The importance of working from a high quality reference photograph will be thoroughly discussed. Students will execute a detailed drawing and learn how to employ a monochromatic block-in to properly identify the values of the subject. The class will culminate with a full color application of color, using thin glaze layers of watercolor. The objective of the course is to demonstrate how a methodical approach increases the depth and sense of realism in paintings.
Week 1 -
Discussion of reference photographs and materials.
Demonstration of drawing technique.
Week 2 -
Discussion of the importance of values in watercolor paintings.
Apply a monochromatic block-in over the detailed drawing.
Week 3 -
Discussion of color mixing.
Apply a dead color pass.
Week 4 -
Introduce the full color palette.
Week 5 -
Add finishing touches, using drybrush techniques
Winsor & Newton 300 lb. cold pressed watercolor paper
Winsor & Newton professional grade watercolors
Winsor & Newton Series 7 sable brushes
Reeves watercolor palette
Plastic muffin pans
Artist’s Tape
Zep Professional Sprayer bottle
Ball Mason jars
Viva paper towels
Colors used:
Burnt umber
French ultramarine blue
Permanent rose
Payne’s grey
Sepia
Neutral tint
Permanent alizarin crimson
Raw sienna
Burnt sienna
Indanthrene blue