Intro to Figure Painting October

10/07/2024 - 10/28/2024 9:30 AM

Level: Beginner, Intermediate

Registration opens on 09/02/2024

Price

$258

Member Price

$219.3

Room: 206

200 Grant St Denver

Week 1: Gesture - The Dynamic Start: Short pose
Week 2: Gesture - Light and Shadow, Short to Long
Week 3: Open Grisaille
Week 4: Introduction to Flesh-Tones
Week 5: Duotone: transparency and opacity
Week 6: Duotone Long Pose
Week 7: Intro to Color
Week 8: Form Modeling in Color 1 of 2
Week 9: Form Modeling in Color 2 of 2
Week 10: Long pose day 1 of 3: Grisaille underpainting
Week 11: Long pose day 2 of 3: Duotone into Color
Week 12: Long pose day 3 of 3: Form Pass in Color

Tickets go on sale on 09/02/2024

In this 12 week course, beginner students will be guided through a comprehensive introduction to painting the human figure from life. In the first session, students will go through a bootcamp style approach, doing rapid gestural sketches from the figure, with poses increasing in length each week as they become fluent in the dynamic start of capturing the figure as a whole via gesture, shape, light and shadow. In the following sessions, the pace slows down as students will investigate color and form through longer poses and studies of the figure, exploring how to create a believable sculptural interpretation of form, while capturing the effect of light.

Alexander Soukas

-Palette - wooden rectangular palette - 11x14 or larger. Must be stained a dark neutral brown and SEALED. NO palette paper. Glass is acceptable.
-Brushes - 2 of each of the following: Bristle Filberts sizes #4,#3,#2,#1. Blick's Masterstroke and Silver Grand Prix are recommended brands
-Palette Knife
-Rags - Viva paper towels recommended
-Solvent - Odorless Mineral Spirits in a SEALED jar
-Medium - 1 part stand oil to 2 parts solvent
-Canvas: you will need a 16x20 canvas or canvas panel each class, toned a neutral gray. For canvas toning procedure, see below. This will also be demonstrated the first day: Take Meininger’s neutral gray acrylic paint and squeeze about a tablespoon of paint into a mixing bowl. Stir in a little water and thin until you get the consistency of melted ice cream. Take a wide chip brush to scrub this mixture onto your canvas. Once covered, carefully drag the brush from one end of the canvas to another to make even, parallel strokes. Let dry.
-Oil Paints: Professional Grade paint required. I recommend Winsor Newton, Utrecht, and Rembrandt brands. You'll need the following colors: Titanium White, Burnt Umber, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Ivory Black

Tickets go on sale on 09/02/2024

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