SELF-STUDY: Painting the Portrait in Oil & Acrylic w/ Angela Bandurka - 365 Days of Access: All Levels
SELF-STUDY: Painting the Portrait in Oil & Acrylic w/ Angela Bandurka - 365 Days of Access: All Levels
WORK AT YOUR OWN PACE AND ON YOUR OWN SCHEDULE
Self-Study Online Course! All Levels Welcome, Some Experience is Helpful.
This is an online, self-guided workshop with over 5 hours of video and numerous printable handouts. Learn to paint a portrait with this course from Angela Bandurka, from the very early steps of lighting a model to the final steps of varnishing your work! Once you purchase the workshop, you will be guided to a link to download a PDF with instructions on how to access the materials. You have 24 hours to download the documents, which will grant you (or a named recipient) access for at least 365 days. (Note: for those giving this as a gift, that date will begin from the date of receipt by the person being gifted.)
More information is below:
The best thing about purchasing a self-study course is that you will be able to work in your own time, watching each video at your own pace. It’s all about practice, that’s the key to improving your skills! Note that this course does not include any time with Angela, but when the student is done, they can send her their paintings for inclusion in the student page gallery at abandurkaart@gmail.com.
This is the painting done in the “How to Paint in Colour from a Photo” demonstration video.
What’s Included in this Course:
PDF Handouts and Photo Downloads:
Glossary of Terms. This document has a list of terms I use regularly in my classes and describes them for you.
How to Layer Paint in an Acrylic Painting. This is a visualization of how to layer your paint, starting with your support (canvas, paper, etc) at the bottom, and the thickest layers of paint at the top.
How to Layer Paint in an Oil Painting. This is a visualization of how to layer your paint, starting with your support (canvas, paper, etc) at the bottom, and the thickest layers of paint at the top.
Reference Photos in Color. You can view or print any/all five of these to use as references for your painting practice.
Proportions of the Face. This guide is to show you how elements of the portrait line up when viewed straight on or in profile.
Colour Exploration Grid. This PDF gives you a template to use for your colour swatches.
Awarded The Richeson Materials Award at the 65th NSPCA Show in 2018 by Daniel E. Greene at the Salmagundi Club, NYC.
Video Demos:
A Brief History of the Portrait Length of video: 0:03:47 (0 hours, 3 minutes, 47 seconds)
How to Set Up Your Model for Live Sessions or Photography Length of video: 0:10:06
How to Edit a RAW Format Photo using Adobe Lightroom (you could use another app as well, learn about how to edit photos because it’ll really help your work if you work from photos) Length of video: 0:07:48
How to Draw the Portrait Using an X-Grid Length of video: 0:23:44
How to Crop Your Image To Your Canvas’s Aspect Ratio: I found a free tool online that helps to do all of the math for you, here is a video that shows how to do that. Length of video: 0:01:03
How to Paint from Life in B&W (demo done in Acrylics) Length of video: 0:12:05
Video of Information Given Live in Live Workshop on Day 1 of 2 Days Length of video: 0:27:50
Colour Exploration: Figuring out your Palette Length of video: 0:24:28
How to Paint from a Photo in Colour (demo done in Oils) Length of video: 0:59:09
Critiquing your Work and Making Edits Length of video: 0:07:33
Video of Information Given Live in Live Workshop on Day 2 of 2 Days Length of video: 0:54:20
Plus at least 13 more supporting videos that show how to care for your brushes, illustrate technical aspects of painting in oil or acrylic, and how to varnish your work when done.
The Supply List
Also available at https://www.dickblick.com/lists/blicku/HDHFF3L3CERDK/publicview/, scroll to the bottom for videos talking about the supplies.
Date/Time determined by you and the artist.
All Levels Welcome.
Join Angela for an online session where you can get a custom class for yourself or a loved one! Select the number of hours you’d like, and you and Angela can select a date/time that works for you all.
More information is below.
Paint: Angela recommends a good quality paint, but in these times use what you are able to find or have already at home:
Quinacridone Rose (or Quin Red or Alizarin Crimson Permanent
Cadmium Red Light
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Yellow Light
Titanium White (fast dry white for oils if you can)
Viridian
Burnt Umber
Ultramarine Blue
Mars Black
Brushes:
About a one-inch sized filbert or bright brush
One 1/4-inch filbert brush
One 1/2-inch filbert brush
One round brush, small-to-medium-sized (if it has a nice point to it, size doesn’t matter too much.)
Optional: a script liner brush in 00 (very long bristles)
Mediums (for Oil painters only)
Whatever mediums you are comfortable with already. Angela paints without solvents so she uses M.Graham Walnut Oil to clean her brushes while working, and M.Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium as her fast-dry medium for underpainting
Supports
Two 11x14-inch supports (I prefer a smoother surface for painting portraits - either board or portrait grade canvas, acrylic painters could also use 300# hot-pressed watercolor paper)
Other:
Chalk Pastels: pastel pencils are great but you can use chalk pastel in stick form as well. Having a light and a dark are good: one white and one medium-dark grey would be perfect.
Kneadable Eraser and Pencil Sharpener (General’s works well for pastels)
Paper Towel
Water/Medium Jar
Graphite Pencils (HB or #2 would work fine for this class)
Heavy-duty sketchbook for thumbnail sketches and color studies
Palette (flat palette) for mixing paint
