Painting Dynamic Flesh Tones
Wednesdays (4 session)
Starting August 7th - 28th, 2024
6.30 PM - 9.00 PM (PST) Via Zoom
Suitable For Beginner to Intermediate
All Sessions Recorded! Recording links will be made available to registrants.
The syllabus:
Session 1: The Ebauche—Serving it up in the abstract
Employing only four colors—titanium/zinc white, yellow ochre, Indian red and black— learn how to strike the arabesque (the overall shape and gesture) and block-in the major elements of the head looking deep into the structure and establishing the initial half-tones with a sculptural sensibility.
Sessions 2 & 3: The Pentimento
Pentimento is derived from the Italian ‘pentirsi’, meaning to repent. The initial drawing is corrected as needed and the forms are developed vis-a-vis spotting color/value notes. Our palette is expanded to nine colors wherein the practice of mixing a range of flesh hues from dark to light/warm to cool are taught using the elements of tint/tone and shade.
Unlike the academic approach of coloring-in a preliminary drawing (the cartoon) this is a plastic process of building facial form. This is the method of Sargent and Velazquez.
You’ll be introduced to employing calcium carbonate and egg yolk to your oil paint giving it a much greater stability and lustre.
Session 4: Finire
The finire is rendering the full stretch of light/dark and cool/warm to render a fully three-dimensional, unified portrait.
About the Instructor - Michael Britton
Michael Britton is a New York City trained artist (New York Academy of Art) who has taught several thousand artists (some of whom have gone on to full-time art careers as painters and teachers) in his several decades long career. He was the Artistic Director of the Vancouver Academy of Art, Canada for six years and has also taught drawing for Walt Disney Studios, amongst numerous other appointments throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He is also the author of several art-training videos including Mastering Portrait Drawing. He teaches internationally including London, Paris, Singapore, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Manila.
Student Testimonials:
Cost for 4 weeks:
Members: $290.00
Non-Members: $340.00
Register online by clicking "Register Now", or register by phone at 604-681-2744, or at the Federation Gallery (Mon - Sun, 10am - 4pm).
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