Portraiture
Masterclass
The 5-Week Beginners' Course
(Drawing and Oil Painting)
About
This 5-week (15 hours) aims to introduce students to techniques and concepts of painting portraits. It will give you a novel step-by-step beginner-friendly approach to composing and painting portraits (yes, it will involve no grid method or no tracing). We will paint 2 portraits in this course. At the end of this course you will be able to paint any portrait.
Course Highlights
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Online sessions include demonstrations and exercises covering fundamentals concepts and techniques
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Access to hours of tutorial videos
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Guidance and personal reviews every week
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This is 'Assignment based course'. So participating artists can take their own time and complete given exercises before the next session, whenever they are free
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Course Structure
Beginner-friendly hands-on course
Week 1
Scale, Position and Proportions
Establishing initial form and shape of the portrait
Week 2
Shapes and Forms, Lay-In Blocking
Study of light - Understanding shadows, half-tones and highlights
Understanding color mixing
Week 3
Color Mixing (Skin Tones in-depth)
Demo on eyes, lips and nose
Understanding skin tones, rendering
Week 4
Color Mixing (Skin Tones in-depth)
Demo on lips, neck, & shoulder
Understanding skin tones, rendering
Week 5
Color Mixing (Skin Tones in-depth
Portrait 2 - Young Woman
Critique Session
Pricing and Details
Dates:
Sunday Batch: December 12, 2021
(Followed by 4 consecutive Sundays)
Dec 12, Dec 19, Jan 2, Jan 9, Jan 16
Exception on Dec 26th
Time:
2:00 pm to 5 pm IST (includes break)
Price:
INR 8000/- (for 15 hours)
Materials Required:
Oil Paints
Canvas (8x10 inches or A4 size)
Linseed oil
Brushes
Pencil, eraser and a scale
This online session will happen on Zoom. On purchasing, full details of brushes and colors required for the painting will be sent to you.
