Portrait Intensive - Painting a Portrait from Life

Monday 14 - Friday 18 January 2019, 2-5pm

Learn how to paint a professional portrait from the ground up! In this course students learn techniques, approach and materials used by of some of the greatest portrait painters of all times. With an emphasis on drawing (with paint), we will paint the portrait in sight size giving consideration to anatomical features, mixing a flesh tone palette, shape design, edges, composition and the sense of the “inner world” of the sitter. Studio set-up provides one model per every two students, allowing close access to the model while giving painters the ability to carefully study the features while composing the painting. Through daily brief lectures and progressive demonstrations, the instructor reveals techniques, concepts and insights passed on from Velázquez to Sargent and now to you!

This is a five half day intensive class with 3 hours of painting a day, 15 hours of instruction total. Price for the workshop is $750 (or $1150 if combined with the Mastercopy workshop - see details below). The price INCLUDES a model fee. As we will paint a life-size portrait, a model will be provided for each pair of students. A non refundable deposit of 50% is due upon registration.

To sign up for the workshop, contact Tatyana using the website contact form. $50 discount applies for all early registrations if deposit is received by 15 November 2018.

Mastercopy workshop - Girl with a Pearl Earring

Monday 14 - Friday 18 January 2019, 10am - 1pm

Create your very own copy of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring - arguably one of the most famous paintings of all times. Through Vermeer's masterpiece you have a chance to explore the process of accurate drawing, flesh tone mixing, color harmony, subtlety of edges and as such receive an insight into painting ideas and language that is common across styles and periods and applicable to any artist's own studio practice. Copying masterworks is one of the best ways to assimilate painting techniques and advance your studio practice as well as gain a further insight in appreciating master works

This is a five half day intensive class with 3 hours of painting a day, 15 hours of instruction total. Price for the workshop is $500 (or $1150 if combined with the Portrait intensive workshop). A non refundable deposit of 50% is due upon registration.

To sign up for the workshop, contact Tatyana using the website contact form. $50 discount applies for all early registrations if deposit is received by 15 November 2018.