Expressive Portraiture in Oil Paints Frans Hals to Lucien Freud and Jenny Saville (Art)

Expressive Portraiture in Oil Paints

3 day course
​Cost: €240 
Suitable for: all levels
Materials: 2x canvas, oil paint, medium, drawing materials, paper brushes * – All included

*Please bring your own set of brushes if you have them – we recommend hog hair filberts size 2,6,8,10 and 12 and 1 large hog hair wash brush.

February 10-4pm, 18th, 19th, & 25th

Suitable for anyone interested in painting portraits in oil and developing their techniques in understanding how to use brushes, mix fleshtones, set up your palette , work without turpentine.

The expressive portrait is an exciting exploration of a quick underpainting sketch on top of which the flesh palette of 6 colors is placed wet in wet -Alla Prima. Students will learn how to develop their language of brush work, palette setup and how to paint flesh, hair and backgrounds in the style of a number of artists . Prints are provided to work from in the studio.
The limited Palette, 6 colors that lead to the magic of flesh and the basis to painting flesh from the time of the Egyptians up to present day. By harnessing the simple but complex relationships between the earth colors of the limited palette the painter can explore and harness its power to create exciting passages of paint that have an energy that embraces the viscous nature of oil paint. This research that will be explained and demonstrated in this 3 day course will cover such painters as Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Lucien Freud and Jenny Saville. People will learn how to construct a head quickly and create lively sketches in oil and resolved passages. We will also explore glazing in the 3rd session.

All materials included including 2 canvas 1 x 30×40 and 1 x 40×50 use of oil paints and linseed oil Please bring your own set of brushes – we recommend filberts size 2,6,8,10 and 12. Not turpentine or solvents are used in the studio only linseed oil.

See course details below

https://www.eastcoastartstudios.com/portrait-course.html