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Academic Figure and Portrait Painting

  • All levels
  • 18 and older
  • $540
  • 111 Franklin St, New York, NY
  • 36 hours over 12 sessions

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  • $540
  • New York Academy of Art @ 111 Franklin St, New York, NY 10013
  • 36 hours over 12 sessions
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Class Description

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What you'll learn in this figure painting class:

Classes will focus on practical academic figure and portrait painting methods from life. Simple methods for ascertaining proper proportions, drawing and shading, transferring, and painting development will be thoroughly discussed and demonstrated. Students are presented with a clear and organized system of mixing and applying accurate flesh tones by using a traditional structured palette.

The class is designed to eliminate the guesswork and trial-and-error approach to painting, and it is suited to beginning, intermediate and advanced painters.  

Q&A

Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? 
A: No, there are no makeup classes. Because art is taught with demonstrations and demonstrations are time consuming, if one person misses the class each week, the instructor would spend the first part of each class repeating the demonstration from last week before moving on to the next lesson, which isn't fair to the students who attended. That said, most of our classes are taught atelier style. If there is a demonstration during the particular session, after the demonstration, the instructor goes to each student to work with them on a one-on-one basis. During this time, the instructor can work with you if you missed the previous week to talk and explain what to do.

Q: Are materials provided and included in the cost of the class? 
A: No. For first day of class, bring drawing materials only. We will review all materials for this class the first night so there is no need to buy everything on this list right away.

Drawing Materials:
  • 18x24 pad
  • Drawing board
  • Drawing media: bring what you like to draw with. (Vine charcoal, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil, etc) I will have additional materials to work with.
  • Kneaded eraser
  • Skewer or knitting needle
Brushes
An assortment of brushes; the following will get you by:
  • #2, #4, #6, and #10 bristle flats, filberts, and rounds. 
  • A few smaller sables or synthetic sables for finer  work
Palette
  • a wooden, hand-held palette, 12” x 16” (or something comparable) sealed with 2 or 3 coats of shellac or polyurethane(sand lightly in between coats. 3 is usually good). 
  • palette cups (2) to hold medium; these should be the kind designed to be clipped to the palette .
Cleaners and Solvents
  • A bar of ivory soap and a container to hold the soap.
  • Only odorless mineral spirits can be used at the Academy. I recommend GAMBLIN GAMSOL brand.
  • A jar to hold the mineral spirits and oil for mixing a medium.
  • Cold pressed Linseed Oil.
Colors, again do not purchase paint before the 1st day of class. We will review all materials for class on the first night and I will recommend what to buy for paint based on your level.
  • Raw Umber
  • Burnt Umber
  • Burnt Sienna
  • Pompeii Red
  • Permanent Alizarin Crimson
  • Cadmium Red Med
  • Cadmium Red Light
  • Cadmium Orange
  • Cadmium Yellow Light
  • Cadmium Yellow Med
  • Yellow Ochre
  • Raw Sienna
  • Cadmium Green
  • Viridian Green
  • Cerulean Blue
  • Manganese Blue
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Blue Black
  • Titanium White
  •  Flake white (contains lead)
Additional Materials
  • Viva Brand Paper Towels or white cotton rags
  • Chamois
  • Palette Knife (trowel-style)
  • Medium (1 part linseed oil, 1 part odorless mineral spirits) OR (4 parts odorless mineral spirits and 1 part stand oil)
  • Small 4” x 5” handheld mirror -Value stick. Gray scale composed of 9 values from black to white, we can make thisin class as well 
Support
  • Either stretched canvas or gessoed panel will do.Generally, oil-primed linen is superior to acrylic-primed cotton duck.
  • Sizes of canvases: For head and shoulders, from around 16" x 20" to 20" x 24"For figures, no smaller than 18" x 24" 

Refund Policy

100% refund will be issued up to seven days after the first class. After this, no refund will be issued.

MAKE-UP POLICY
Unfortunately, we do not offer makeup classes. The instructor can tell them what they missed. Most of our classes are taught atelier style. If there is a demonstration during the particular session, after the demonstration the instructor goes to each student to work with them on a one-to-one basis. During this time the instructor can work with the student who missed the previous week, talk with them and explain what to do.

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