Portraits

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"Portraits - All Media"
An investigation of the genre as inspired by the Great Masters of portrait drawing ----Renoir, Matisse, Da Vinci, Chardin, Cézanne, and more. And or portrait painting----Matisse, Warhol, Picasso, Kahlo, Van Gogh and more. Explore techniques, from realistic to abstract. Bring in and work in the medium of your choice.

For those choosing dry media (chalk pastel, oil pastel, hard pastel,Conte crayon, colored pencil, colored pencil sticks, graphite, etc), demo in the exciting new ultra soft, low dust, pan pastels http://panpastel.com/ you mix, blend, layer & apply just like paint! For those choosing wet media ( watercolor, acrylic, oil, etc), demo in the exciting new Chroma http://www.chromaonline.com/ Interactive brand acrylics which can be re-wet/ re-worked to float as transparently as watercolor, remain open like buttery oil paints, or cover opaquely as gouache!

Complete beginner? Can paint but can’t draw? No problem. Begin with a simple gridded sketch, a time -honored method even the Masters employed. No live models. We will instead spend time focused on process and work from high quality photo reproductions [a method widely used in academic contexts] to stretch artistically or master technique. Advanced or returning artists welcomed to bring in personal photo reference.

Am I coming to your town? Request me: padillapost@gmail.com