Classical Portrait Painting / Drawing
Oil painting or the craftmanship of drawing has been one of the most important forms of portraiture throughout art history. Painters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, Zorn, and Sargent all studied light, form, and atmosphere carefully in order to create portraits that feel alive and timeless.
In this six-week atelier course, students will learn the foundations of classical portrait painting or drawing in oil through traditional academic methods inspired by the great European painting traditions or will use charcoal on toned paper to create only in black and white someones character.
This course is created for dedicated students who truly want to improve their understanding of portrait painting or drawing and develop a deeper relationship with one of the two materials.
Having studied at one of Europe’s leading art academies, I want to share the same principles and techniques that artists have studied for centuries.
Throughout the course, students will learn how to build a portrait step by step — beginning with grisaille painting and gradually moving into color. One of the main focuses of the course will be understanding value and temperature, two of the most important elements in classical painting. Or the student will learn by only using charcoal and white chalk on toned paper to draw a portrait and seeing someone in values, the art is observing.
Students will work with a limited palette when chosen to paint — a small selection of colors that can create beautiful, natural, and harmonious portraits. These palettes are inspired by painters such as Rembrandt van Rijn and Vermeer, two Dutch masters whose work continues to inspire artists today, as well as painters like Anders Zorn and John Singer Sargent.
During the six weeks, students will explore:
Portrait painting:
* Oil painting techniques
* The use of the Grisaille and limited palet
* Value and temperature
* Color mixing and skin tones
* Planes and form of the face
* Light and atmosphere
* Edge control and focus
* Brushwork and paint handling
* Classical oil painting materials and techniques
Portrait drawing:
* Charcoal / white chalk techniques
* Value
* Planes and form of the face
* Light and atmosphere
* Edge control and focus
* The art of black and white
Understanding proportion, light, shadow, and form through charcoal can help enormously when later working with oil paint.
The goal of this atelier is not only to teach students how to paint a portrait or draw a portrait but to help them truly understand how to built a portrait from the ground up — through observation, sensitivity, atmosphere, and structure.
Group of 4/5 students
Investment:
6 weeks : 18 hours
8000 swedish crown's = 720,97 euro's