Life Painting Workshop

Painting the nude model from life goes back centuries as a tradition in art schools. It provides a succinct situation in which artists – students and masters alike – can advance their skills. From Rembrandt to Lautrec to Freud today, the nude appears in all of its various guises in art – including abstraction, and is as invaluable and intriguing today as an object d’art as ever it was.

Course Description

The day begins with a short demonstration of painting the nude in oils, using a limited palette. Advice is given on how to approach the full figure, along with achieving life-like flesh tones, and tips on proportion and anatomy. The model will sit for the entire day, in the same pose, allowing you to fully develop a painting. Whilst the demonstration is given in oils, the techniques can easily be applied to acrylics and other paint mediums. Anyone wishing to come and use the session to work on their drawing/painting skills in their own choice of medium are warmly invited to participate also.

Course Details

Places: 10
Date: 06 February 2010
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm with an hour break
Fee: £30.00

Suggested Materials

Palette colours:
The limited palette used in the demonstration (and minimum colours required) consist of:

  • Titanium white
  • Yellow Ochre (or similar dull yellow e.g. Yellow Ochre Pale)
  • Venetian Red (or similar dull red e.g. Terra Rosa)
  • Cobalt blue
  • Burnt Sienna (or similar dark brown e.g. Transparent Oxide Red)
  • Ivory Black

Suggested additional colours:
For a more complete palette (or their equivalents):

  • Cadmium Red (a vibrant, primary red)
  • Cadmium Yellow (a vibrant, primary yellow)
  • Alizarin Crimson  (a dark, strong red)
  • Viridian (a dull green)
  • Ultramarine Blue (a vivid, dark blue)

Brushes:

  • Brushes are up to your individual tastes, but those used in the demonstration, and what I recommend will be various different sizes of square tipped, hog bristle brushes (known as “flats”).

Supports:

  • Either canvas or canvas boards are recommended, with 16” x 20” or larger being a good size.

Sundries:

  • A good size mixing palette. A traditional wood palette is good, as are newer plastic ones. Tear-off disposable palettes are handy too and if you are really stuck for one, the Perspex on an A4 (or larger) “clip-frame” is a good substitute.
  • If using oil paint, some turpentine (the real thing, not “Turps Substitute”) or white spirit for thinning paint and cleaning brushes. (Anyone using acrylics need only water, which you can get from the studio kitchen.)
  • A jam jar or equivalent, for the turpentine/white spirit/water to sit in.
  • Various rags or a kitchen roll.
  • A palette knife to make cleaning the palette easier (and occasionally used for painting too).
  • Old clothes!

And finally, anything else you like, especially if you are working in your own choice of medium!
Easels, seating, tea & coffee and sink/kitchen/toilet utilities are provided at the studio. You can either bring a packed lunch, or nip out into Lincoln at lunchtime. If you have any further questions, feel free to email Greg at: info@lincolnartstudio.com

Booking

If you are interested in applying for this course, you can do so via:

Telephone - Call Greg on 07759 632 310
 Email - booking@lincolnartstudio.com, mentioning your name, phone number, and the course on which you would like to book.
Post - Complete this form, and send, along with a cheque for the correct amount made payable to Greg Kapka to:

Alchemy Art Studio
2nd Floor
5 Silver Street
Lincoln
LN2 1DY

How To Find The Studio

The studio is located around the corner from the Stonebow, opposite The Works, on the top floor above William Hill and the London Exchange Photography Studio. For more detailed instructions, see "the studio" page

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