Painting the Portrait in Oil or Acrylic w/Angela Bandurka

Online Class! Some Experience is Necessary

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Saturday & Sunday / Nov 14-15 / 11am-5pm

Cost: $325

Registration: online (this page)

Location: Your home! This will be an online webinar that can be viewed via zoom.us. A link to the Zoom webinar, along with instructions on how to use Zoom will be sent in an email before the demo.

Description:

Angela will take you through the steps to painting a successful portrait using acrylic or oil paints. During this two day workshop, you'll paint a portrait, using a reference supplied by Angela, along with a discussion about how to set up your own models and work from life then take that sketch to the studio, along with a photo reference to complete your painting. Completing a black and white piece on day one, and moving to a full color piece on day two, students will get a feel for how to find major shapes and textures that will create a pleasing portrait.

What you can expect to learn:

    • How to simplify shapes for portrait painting

    • Portrait color mixes for any skin tone

    • Tips to getting a likeness

What to wear: anything that you’d wear in front of your grandma :)

What to bring: a smile, your computer, a smartphone and your supplies

How the online experience will be:

Angela has a Student Page created that you’ll get the link to in advance of the class. This page will include the following (some items, such as the in-class demos, will be posted after class):

    • Links to download Pdf and Jpg files for the class

    • Multiple videos including painting demos and tips

After morning greetings and introductions, Angela will begin with her first demo and then she’ll help talk you through your next assignment. While you’re working, you’ll take photos of your work with your smartphone and email them directly to Angela so she can bring them up for you both to walk through what elements are working and what elements need to be changed. There will be a one-hour lunch break and students are encouraged to work at their own pace. At least two demos will be done during this workshop.

Supply List:

  • 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: 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.

    • Paper Towel

    • Water/Medium Jar

    • Pencils

    • Heavy duty sketchbook for thumbnail sketches and color studies (like the Bee Deluxe Sketchbook or the Nature Sketch

    • Palette (flat palette) for mixing paint