Course Offerings and Calendar—September 15th to December 17th, 2016
Figure Drawing Workout
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
- Thursday, September 15th to Thursday, December 15th, 2016
- Time: Thursdays from 17:00 – 19:15
- 13 lessons total with one break on December 8th.
- Cost: €25 per lesson and one-time registration fee of €50 OR €30 per lesson and no registration fee.
Model fee included / Materials not included.
Please note: the registration fee guarantees your place at an easel for the duration of the course… with the understanding that you will be attending most if not all of the lessons. The registration fee is non-refundable.
Join us for two hours every Thursday for a life drawing session divided into two parts:
- From 17:00 to 18:20 we will do short poses using 60 x 80 cm drawing paper and charcoal to warm up;
- From 18:20 to 19:00 we will work on one long pose.
- From 19:00 to 19:15: group critique.
Recommended Materials
- Vine charcoal
- 60 x 80 cm sketch pad
- Kneaded eraser
- Clips
- Masking Tape
- Wet-wipes
Painting the Portrait in Imagined Landscapes
Level: Beginner, Intermediate
- Saturday, September 17th to Saturday, December 17th, 2016
- Time: Saturdays from 11:00 – 14:00
- 14 lessons total, though schedule may be subject to change.
- Cost per lesson €35 with one-time registration fee of €50 OR €40 per lesson.
Model fee included / Materials not included.
Please note: the registration fee guarantees your place at an easel for the duration of the course… with the understanding that you will be attending most if not all of the lessons. The registration fee is non-refundable.
After last semester’s focus on portrait painting ‘alla prima’, with a new portrait painted nearly every weekend, we’ll go back to spending the entire time on one portrait. We’ll begin with the drawing and composition, transfer the drawing to the canvas, then develop the portrait set in an imaginative landscape. To accomplish this, we’ll take inspiration from painters like Hans Memling and Leonardo da Vinci, paying careful attention to the play between the cool tones of the landscape and the warm tones of the flesh.
Required Materials
- Wood Palette
- 1 Palette Knife
- Linseed oil
- Tintorsetto (this is a substitute for turpentine. Normal solvents are NOT ALLOWED in the studio.)
- Medium Cup or Jar
- Brushes:
- 3-4 Bull Hair (Sizes 6 to 10, Filbert)
- 3-4 Wide Short-Handle Hog Bristle (Sizes 0 to 3)
- 3-4 Synthetic Hair (Sizes 6 to 10, Various)
- Oil Paint:
- Titanium White
- Ivory Black
- Raw Umber
- Raw Sienna
- Burnt Sienna
- Cadmium Red Light or Vermilion
- Alizarin Crimson
- Yellow Ochre
- Ultramarine Blue
- Sap Green
- Paper Towels
- Wet Wipes
- Paint Rag (an old T-shirt works great)
If you need assistance in purchasing your materials, please speak with Paola, Francesca, Raul or Matteo at La Bottega dell’Artista.
Figure Painting – The Male Nude
Level: Intermediate, Advanced
- Saturday, September 17th to Saturday, December 17th, 2016
- Time: Saturdays from 15:00 – 18:00
- 14 lessons total, though schedule may be subject to change.
- Cost: €40 per lesson and one-time registration fee of €50 OR €45 per lesson and no registration fee.
Model fee included / Materials not included.
Please note: the registration fee guarantees your place at an easel for the duration of the course… with the understanding that you will be attending most if not all of the lessons. The registration fee is non-refundable.
There will be one model/pose for all 14 lessons.
For the first time in over a year we’ll return to the nude figure, this time with the model Daniel. The focus of this class will be three-fold:
- Drawing of the figure.
- Using a limited palette. For those who dare: my palette will be: Mars Black, Lead White, Venetian Red, Juane Brilliant and Brown Ochre. We’ll start the painting on white canvas using Transparent Oxide Brown.
- Painting the flesh while thinking more about temperature than color.
Final note: I’d like each participant to bring with them a favorite painting of a male nude that might help serve as a point of reference.
Recommended Materials
- Wood Palette
- 1 Palette Knife
- Linseed oil
- Tintorsetto (this is a substitute for turpentine. Normal solvents are NOT ALLOWED in the studio.)
- Medium Cup or Jar
- Brushes:
- 3-4 Bull Hair (Sizes 6 to 10, Filbert)
- 3-4 Wide Short-Handle Hog Bristle (Sizes 0 to 3)
- 3-4 Synthetic Hair (Sizes 6 to 10, Various)
- Oil Paint:
- Titanium White
- Ivory Black
- Raw Umber
- Raw Sienna
- Burnt Sienna
- Cadmium Red Light or Vermilion
- Alizarin Crimson
- Yellow Ochre
- Ultramarine Blue
- Sap Green
- Paper Towels
- Wet Wipes
- Paint Rag (an old T-shirt or pair of socks works great)
- Large Linen Canvas. Recommended size: 2 x 1.2 meters.
If you need assistance in purchasing your materials, please speak with Paola, Francesca, Raul or Matteo at La Bottega dell’Artista.
