Painting an Expressive Portrait (Online Course) Summer 2025 W/ Jerry Salinas
June 11 to July 9 (Wednesdays), 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM, Eastern Time
**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.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/s8W-BtB5-Ac
Course Description
If you have ever painted from a photo and realised your painting is lifeless, this class will help you get passed that problem. We will take a photo reference and push the colors and symply values. Express yourself with amazing color mixtures using a limited and expanded palettes of colors. Anything goes in this class! The control will come in the drawing and the simplification of values and the edges.
Course Outline
Week 1
We will look at bad photo reference and see how we can improve them. You will also watch a demo of me mixing colors from limited palette and using 3 values to start a portrait.
Week 2
More mixing of colors for different skin tones under various light. Value and temperatue will always be discussed.
Week 3
I will do a demo painting from a black and white photo in full color in a expressive manner. Temperature and edges will be stessed.
Week 4
We will look at the features of the face and talk about planes and how light affects them.
Week 5
Full portrait demo with expressive color using every tool in my arsenal.
Course Materials List
CANVAS BOARDS
12X16 Smallest
OIL PAINTS
TITANIUM WHITE*
CADMIUM YELLOW LIGHT*
YELLOW OCHRE
CADMIUM ORANGE PURE
CADMIUM RED LIGHT
ALIZARIN CRIMSON*
BURNT SIENNA*
ULTRAMARINE BLUE*
IVORY BLACK
I RECOMMEND UTRECHT PROFFESSIONAL BRAND OF PAINTS OR BETTER IF YOU ARE NEW TO PAINTING YOU WILL WORK IN A LIMITED PALETTE. ONLY PURCHASE PAINTS LISTED ABOVE
THAT ARE MARKED WITH AN ASTERIK.
BRUSHES
BRISTLE BRUSHES OR QUALITY SYNTHETIC FILBERTS SIZES 4,8,10
ROUNDS SYNTHETIC SIZES 2,6
I RECOMMEND:
ROBERT SIMMONS BRUSHES FOR BRISTLE
JERRYS PRO STROKE FOR SYNTHETIC
UTRECHT WHITE NYLONS FOR THE ROUNDS.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
• PALETTE: NO DISPOSABLE ALLOWED
• ROLL OF PAPER TOWELS
• ODORLESS MINERAL SPIRITS FROM ART STORE ONLY!
• NO MEDIUMS NEEDED , I DO RECOMMEND LYQUIN
• OTHER SUPPLIES MAY BE REQUIRED BUT THESE ARE GREAT TO START WITH
ALL SUPPLYS ARE A SUGGESTION, IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCED USE WHAT YOU HAVE. RED,YELLOW, BLUE AND BROWN WILL MAKE MASTERPIECES.
June 11 to July 9 (Wednesdays), 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM, Eastern Time
**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.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/s8W-BtB5-Ac
Course Description
If you have ever painted from a photo and realised your painting is lifeless, this class will help you get passed that problem. We will take a photo reference and push the colors and symply values. Express yourself with amazing color mixtures using a limited and expanded palettes of colors. Anything goes in this class! The control will come in the drawing and the simplification of values and the edges.
Course Outline
Week 1
We will look at bad photo reference and see how we can improve them. You will also watch a demo of me mixing colors from limited palette and using 3 values to start a portrait.
Week 2
More mixing of colors for different skin tones under various light. Value and temperatue will always be discussed.
Week 3
I will do a demo painting from a black and white photo in full color in a expressive manner. Temperature and edges will be stessed.
Week 4
We will look at the features of the face and talk about planes and how light affects them.
Week 5
Full portrait demo with expressive color using every tool in my arsenal.
Course Materials List
CANVAS BOARDS
12X16 Smallest
OIL PAINTS
TITANIUM WHITE*
CADMIUM YELLOW LIGHT*
YELLOW OCHRE
CADMIUM ORANGE PURE
CADMIUM RED LIGHT
ALIZARIN CRIMSON*
BURNT SIENNA*
ULTRAMARINE BLUE*
IVORY BLACK
I RECOMMEND UTRECHT PROFFESSIONAL BRAND OF PAINTS OR BETTER IF YOU ARE NEW TO PAINTING YOU WILL WORK IN A LIMITED PALETTE. ONLY PURCHASE PAINTS LISTED ABOVE
THAT ARE MARKED WITH AN ASTERIK.
BRUSHES
BRISTLE BRUSHES OR QUALITY SYNTHETIC FILBERTS SIZES 4,8,10
ROUNDS SYNTHETIC SIZES 2,6
I RECOMMEND:
ROBERT SIMMONS BRUSHES FOR BRISTLE
JERRYS PRO STROKE FOR SYNTHETIC
UTRECHT WHITE NYLONS FOR THE ROUNDS.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
• PALETTE: NO DISPOSABLE ALLOWED
• ROLL OF PAPER TOWELS
• ODORLESS MINERAL SPIRITS FROM ART STORE ONLY!
• NO MEDIUMS NEEDED , I DO RECOMMEND LYQUIN
• OTHER SUPPLIES MAY BE REQUIRED BUT THESE ARE GREAT TO START WITH
ALL SUPPLYS ARE A SUGGESTION, IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCED USE WHAT YOU HAVE. RED,YELLOW, BLUE AND BROWN WILL MAKE MASTERPIECES.
June 11 to July 9 (Wednesdays), 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM, Eastern Time
**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.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/s8W-BtB5-Ac
Course Description
If you have ever painted from a photo and realised your painting is lifeless, this class will help you get passed that problem. We will take a photo reference and push the colors and symply values. Express yourself with amazing color mixtures using a limited and expanded palettes of colors. Anything goes in this class! The control will come in the drawing and the simplification of values and the edges.
Course Outline
Week 1
We will look at bad photo reference and see how we can improve them. You will also watch a demo of me mixing colors from limited palette and using 3 values to start a portrait.
Week 2
More mixing of colors for different skin tones under various light. Value and temperatue will always be discussed.
Week 3
I will do a demo painting from a black and white photo in full color in a expressive manner. Temperature and edges will be stessed.
Week 4
We will look at the features of the face and talk about planes and how light affects them.
Week 5
Full portrait demo with expressive color using every tool in my arsenal.
Course Materials List
CANVAS BOARDS
12X16 Smallest
OIL PAINTS
TITANIUM WHITE*
CADMIUM YELLOW LIGHT*
YELLOW OCHRE
CADMIUM ORANGE PURE
CADMIUM RED LIGHT
ALIZARIN CRIMSON*
BURNT SIENNA*
ULTRAMARINE BLUE*
IVORY BLACK
I RECOMMEND UTRECHT PROFFESSIONAL BRAND OF PAINTS OR BETTER IF YOU ARE NEW TO PAINTING YOU WILL WORK IN A LIMITED PALETTE. ONLY PURCHASE PAINTS LISTED ABOVE
THAT ARE MARKED WITH AN ASTERIK.
BRUSHES
BRISTLE BRUSHES OR QUALITY SYNTHETIC FILBERTS SIZES 4,8,10
ROUNDS SYNTHETIC SIZES 2,6
I RECOMMEND:
ROBERT SIMMONS BRUSHES FOR BRISTLE
JERRYS PRO STROKE FOR SYNTHETIC
UTRECHT WHITE NYLONS FOR THE ROUNDS.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
• PALETTE: NO DISPOSABLE ALLOWED
• ROLL OF PAPER TOWELS
• ODORLESS MINERAL SPIRITS FROM ART STORE ONLY!
• NO MEDIUMS NEEDED , I DO RECOMMEND LYQUIN
• OTHER SUPPLIES MAY BE REQUIRED BUT THESE ARE GREAT TO START WITH
ALL SUPPLYS ARE A SUGGESTION, IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCED USE WHAT YOU HAVE. RED,YELLOW, BLUE AND BROWN WILL MAKE MASTERPIECES.