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Painting from Life: Alla Prima

Painting from Life: Alla Prima

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Develop fundamental painting skills in a direct-from-the-model class focused on draftsmanship, values, and color. With ongoing demonstrations and critique, you’ll practice mixing accurate color values and placing them effectively in your composition. Leave with stronger foundations for building confident, believable paintings from observation.

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Quick Small Scale Portrait Sculpture

Quick Small Scale Portrait Sculpture

The Decorus Atelier of Figurative Art See all classes by this school @ 117 57th St, Brooklyn, NY

Students of all levels of experience will create small scale, portrait studies in clay using other students in the room as a model or provided example to copy from as a reference. Along the way students will gain a better appreciation for basic sculpture skills and for the anatomical relationships within the head. Instructor will also provide help and  examples or demonstrations as a guidance to the class. Students will be provided with clay to use during the class and with sculpture tools. No prior experience needed

(193) All levels 12 and older

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Mastering Art: Painting & Drawing with Maurizio Pellegrin

Mastering Art: Painting & Drawing with Maurizio Pellegrin

New York School of the Arts See all classes by this school @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY

Refine your artistic vision in a distinctive class led by renowned artist and mentor Maurizio Pellegrin. Explore painting, drawing, or both while receiving personalized guidance to grow your techniques, compositions, and conceptual framework. Open to all skill levels, this inspiring environment nurtures growth and creativity in every participant.

(92) All levels 18 and older

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Creating Portraits

Creating Portraits

New York School of the Arts See all classes by this school @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY

Explore the craft of capturing the human essence through drawing and painting in this comprehensive class. Discover the practices of creating lifelike portraits as you step into techniques such as underdrawing, anatomy, paint application, and more. Tap into your creativity and develop your distinctive style under the guidance of experienced instructors at this prestigious school.

(92) All levels 18 and older

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1–4pm ET

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Instructed Portrait Painting

Drawing New York
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Learn to paint realistic portraits with a structured, step-by-step approach. From underpainting to glazing and fine details, this guided course covers essential oil painting techniques. Work from a live model, refine your brushwork, and bring depth and expression to your portraits. Gain the skills to develop your unique artistic vision with expert guidance.

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  • 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY
  • 11 hours over 4 sessions
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This four-week class teaches students how to paint realistic portraits using various oil painting techniques. After setting our course goal, week one begins with the basics of palette set-up, paint use, and direct underpainting from our live model. Week two starts with a brief review, and then we’ll learn how to create our initial glaze to deepen color and prepare for details. Week three focuses on developing realistic details with attention to brush choice and blending techniques. While finishing details are applied, we will also focus on how each student can realize their unique vision by focusing on specific improvements in their future work.

  • Week One: First Layer and Palette Organization
  • Week Two: Review and First Glaze Layer
  • Week Three: Beginning Detail
  • Week Four: Final Detail in full-bodied Paint

Materials Requirements

  • Oil paint
    • Red earth/flesh earth/Rose (recommended brand- Old Holland Kraplak Rose)
    • Transparent red oxide
    • Titanium white
    • Blue black
    • Yellow ochre or Indian yellow
      • Optional – Quinacridone Magenta, French Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Lemon Yellow
    • Recommended brands: Old Holland, Michael Harding, Gamblin, Raphael, Sennelier, Winsor and Newton, M. Graham

  • Brushes
    • Preferably soft brushes, synthetic or animal hair
    • Filbert, flats, and rounds size 2-16
      • Optional for detail: 1 or 5/0 liner brush.
    • Recommended brands: Da Vinci black sable, Rosemary, Escoda Optimo or Escoda Perla, Raphael Kervin, Renaissance Silver

  • Surface
    • Surface options: stretched canvas or linen or wooden panel. Preferably primed with gesso and sanded for a smooth surface
    • Size: 11 x 14, 16 x 20, 18 x 24, 24 x 30

  • Medium
    • Galkyd/galkyd lite or linseed oil
    • Gamsol
      • Optional: Liquin fine detail

  • Miscellaneous items
    • Small jars to put solvent in (blick art materials has them)
    • Glass or wooden palette or palette paper
    • If using glass palette, scraper with a blade to scrape paint
    • Rags or paper towels
    • Gloves to wear while painting

Please note:

  • Because we limit our student count, if you miss a class, a critique of your last work can be offered the next session. That is the benefit of small classes.
  • We are a screen-free environment!
  • Students are expected to focus on their work for the duration of the session. We play low classical music during class.
  • Discussions of student work with the teacher take place during class.

Refund Policy

No refund unless the school cancels the class.

No refund or credit for missed sessions (No Exceptions).

No credits unless notified 48 hours ahead of the class.

We do honor change-of-date requests for in-person sketch classes with at least 5 business days' notice and for workshops with 8 business days' notice.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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