Academy of Realist Art
Academy of Realist Art

Sketching the Portrait from Life (Ottawa)

07 Jul, 2023
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09 Jul, 2023

Duration: 3 days
Location: Monart School of Art Ottawa
Instructor: Miriam Rosenthal
Full Price: $450
Deposit Required: $150

Sketching the Portrait from Life (Ottawa)

$150.00

In this workshop, participants will be working from a live model while learning an efficient and expressive approach to painting or drawing. With this direct method of painting, students will be instructed step-by-step through the process of painting or drawing a “finished” portrait sketch.

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In this workshop, participants will be working from a live model while learning an efficient and expressive approach to painting or drawing. With this direct method of painting, students will be instructed step-by-step through the process of painting or drawing a “finished” portrait sketch.

Students will learn how to start straight on the canvas with a dry brush drawing and follow that with how to place colours and brushstrokes in a concise way that will achieve all the complexity and forms of the portrait. They will also experience how to play with thinner and thicker layers of paint to convey form and texture as well as colour mixing of flesh tones using the limited Zorn palette.

If the student decides to draw they will be taken through the same steps of how to build the portrait just with a different medium.

This workshop will leave the participant with more confidence painting or drawing in an expressive manner while still maintaining the look of an academic portrait painting.

The class will meet at 2446 Bank St, Suite 206, Ottawa from 10 am – 4 pm each day.

Full workshop price is $450 (model fee included), and a $150 deposit is required to save your spot. The balance will be due on the first day of the workshop.

Materials

Oil Colours

  • Titanium white or lead (Cremnitz) white
  • Yellow ochre, or yellow ochre light or pale
  • Cad red med or vermillion (preferred), or an earth red (Venetian or English red)
  • Lamp black or ivory black
  • Burnt umber or raw umber
  • Optional: a strong blue, such as ultramarine blue
Note: Purchase only Artist Grade paints. Do not use Winton or water soluble paints.

Solvent

  • Odorless mineral spirits (GamSol). Turpentine is NOT permitted in the studio.

Canvas

  • Primed acrylic panel or canvas 16″X20″ or smaller (panel preferred). Ampersand or Raymar are suggested brands.

Mediums

  • Linseed oil

Tools

  • Palette (Select one of the following): Glass, wood or paper (Grey Matters)
  • 2 palette knives; long blades
  • 2 medium cups (small cups with lids for holding medium or mineral spirits)
  • 2 small jars for cleaning brushes
  • Mahl stick (a ½ inch diameter dowel approximately 30 inches)
  • Rags or paper towels or shop towels

Brushes (either natural or synthetic hair)

Note: No flats or round brushes needed; these are the minimum brush requirements – please feel free to bring more.
  • 2-3 Bristle hair filbert brushes – ranging in size from #2 to #8
  • 10-20 Soft hair filbert brushes – ranging in size from #2 to #12
    • 2-3 EACH of #2, #4, #6, and #8
    • 1 EACH of #10 and #12

Drawing Materials

  • Whatever drawing medium the participant is most comfortable with (graphite, charcoal, conte).
  • paper is dependant on the medium that was chosen. Graphite can be used on smoother paper but charcoal or conte will need a more textured paper

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About ARA Workshops

Each participant gets lots of one-on-one attention from our superb instructors. ARA instructors teach year round so, unlike many artists who offer summer/holiday workshops our instructors are professional teachers as well as accomplished artists. Whether you are an award-winning experienced artist or have never painted before, our instructors will tailor to your skill level. If you have any questions or are having trouble with online registration, please contact us.