Alla Prima Portrait Painting
- All levels
- 18 and older
- $629
- Earn 6,290 reward points
- 16926 Saticoy St, Van Nuys, CA
- 44 hours over 8 sessions
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Light reveals form. A convincing portrait is as much a portrait of the Light as it is of the forms and structures that define the subject at hand. In fact, they are dual aspects of a singular reality as perceived by the human eye—dictated by the laws of visual perception, specifically the physics of Light. This course will introduce students to a sculptural approach to painting that emphasizes Light & Structure. We will also take a principled approach to application of the formal elements of panting that articulate visual concepts: shape, value, color, edges, volume, space, texture, and paint quality.
The alla prima portrait study is primarily a study of Essential Form—this is an aesthetic universal. The most beautiful alla prima paintings strike a subtle balance between the ideal global roundness of a form and the faithful introduction of surface sub-forms. If you neglect the sub-forms that articulate the surface structure/topography and build upon the ideal, it looks more like an artistic style rather than visual reality. Rembrandt, Velazquez, and Rubens are three giants who struck a highly nuanced balance. The basic principles of human structure are the bedrock with which we will begin our examination of the nature of the portrait revealed by a kind and quality of light within the visual field.
On the first day of class the instructor will do a five-hour demonstration, which will emphasize the methodology and technique of the closed grisaille (monochrome underpainting) as a finished alla prima portrait study. There will also be a full explanation on how the closed grisaille can also be used as an underpainting method for a direct alla prima painting to be done on top. There will be three poses. The first pose will be two weeks long and the final (third) pose will be three weeks long. Though the curriculum has certain learning advantages, more advanced students are free to use whatever palette they wish in this class and we'll be happy to instruct them through their own creative process in all prima painting.
Includes 30-min. break.
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Van Nuys, The Valley
16926 Saticoy St
Btwn Balboa Blvd & Genesta Ave
Van Nuys, California 91406 Van Nuys, The Valley
16926 Saticoy St
Btwn Balboa Blvd & Genesta Ave
Van Nuys, California 91406
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