Portrait Painting

07/16/2025 - 08/20/2025 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Level: Beginner, Intermediate

Price

$387

Member Price

$328.95

Room: 106

200 Grant St Denver

This is a beginner course, but it is encouraged students have some experience drawing from life.

In this course, students will learn to paint a developed portrait of the human head from life. Utilizing longer poses, students will have an opportunity to investigate the forms of the head alongside color. Painting alongside students, the instructor will demonstrate a direct approach that emphasizes light and form using a controlled palette and expands into higher chroma as poses progress. Students will be able to confidently block in the major proportions and structures of the human head with confidence, and establish a likeness of the model.

Alexander Soukas

Materials:
-Brushes: Bristle Brush Filberts size 3(x2) and oil synthetic or soft hair rounds size 3 and 2.
-Silver grand Prix and Blick Masterstroke recommended for bristles. Monarchs recommended for soft hair.
-Canvas: No larger than 16x20 and no smaller than 9x12. I recommend if working smaller to use canvas panels or masonite. All surfaces must be toned a neutral gray.
-Oil Pigments: Lead White, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Perm. Alizarin Crimson, Perylene Red, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Orange, Raw Sienna, Cadmium Yellow, Cinnabar Green (optional) Viridian, Ultramarine Blue, Ivory Black
-Jar with sealable lid for solvent (Odorless Mineral Spirits)
-Linseed oil
-Retouch varnish

Alexander Soukas

Portrait Painting

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