Paint the Expressive Portrait in Oil

09/01/2026 - 10/20/2026 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Level: Intermediate/Advanced

Registration opens on 08/04/2026

Price

$451.5

Member Price

$383.77

Room: 202 Atelier

200 Grant St Denver

Intermediate or Advanced. Should have at least some experience doing oil painting.

Tickets go on sale on 08/04/2026

Learn to balance the requirements of literal accuracy with a freedom to paint portraits that reveal more than a camera can capture. We'll cover the essentials of accurate portrait painting, but spend time pushing beyond strict accuracy to make paintings with integrity, individuality, and idiosyncracy.

Clyde Steadman

Variety of canvas panels; for instance 8x10, 9x12, 11x14 and 12x16 might all be appropriate.

Carrier for wet paintings (unused pizza box works well)

Paper Towels

Sketch pad & pencil

Assortment of brushes; I use hogs bristle filbert brushes; 2 #4, 2 #6, a #8, and a small detail brush, like a watercolor #0

Brush washer

Odorless Mineral Spirits (don't go cheap for the mineral spirits, get that from an art supply store like Meiningers or Guirys)

Palette for your paint (I like the large Masterson palettes, but a 12x16 painting panel covered in wax paper works fine)

Assortment of paints (student grade is fine):

Large tube of Titanium White
Regular sized Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna or Transparent Red Oxide
Ivory Black
Cadmium Yellow (hues are fine)
Cadmium Red (hues are fine)
Permanent Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
Dioxazine Purple
Viridian
Permanent Green Light

Mirror (makeup compact is fine)

Plastic Gloves

Tickets go on sale on 08/04/2026

Paint the Expressive Portrait in Oil

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