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Creating a Finished Portrait Painting
SOLD OUT
$500
USD
$500
USD
10 Thursdays (Oct-Dec)
October 1, 8,15, 22, 29, November 12, 19, December 3, 10, 17
DATES
October 1, 8,15, 22, 29, November 12, 19, December 3, 10, 17
5:30-8:30PM
TIME
Chelsea Bard
INSTRUCTOR
All levels/ages
LEVELS/AGES
In this 10-week class, students will have the opportunity to carefully complete a portrait painting using traditional methods of oil painting. Time will be divided between a preliminary drawing, a painted study designing compositional elements followed by a final painting using a three layer process of underpainting, modeling stages, and glazing. Compositionally, students will have the chance to incorporate clothing and hands with a highlighted focus on the portrait.
OPEN TO ALL SKILL LEVELS – beginners as well as advanced students are welcome!
While our long pose classes typically run 6 weeks, students have consistently asked for an extended format that allows more time to develop a painting to a significantly higher level of finish/completion. The additional 4 weeks will allow for a deeper level of development at each stage — more time to refine proportion and structure, more time in the modeling stage, as well as a greater consideration of design and a broader composition — resulting in a resolved, fully realized painting.
Working with a live model students will hone their skills of observation, conceptual knowledge and material understanding to convey a naturalistic reflection of the sitter. Discussions will center around architecture of the portrait and the fundamentals of representation – character of the model, anatomy & structural conventions, and form rendering.
Short lectures will be held with the aid of master paintings, investigating the historical use of oil paint, from the Renaissance to the 19th Beaux Arts, and the use of material to evoke the hue variety, form and textures of life.
Chelsea will illustrate each stage of the painting process with a demonstration. Artist in residence and instructor Tyler Berry will also demonstrate over the course of the 10 weeks (not as an instructor, just painting alongside students in the studio).
Alongside demos students will receive one on one critiques helping them towards their independent goals.
PAINT
All colors are suggested but not required. Bring what you are comfortable with. Below are two options to consider, an expanded palette and a simplified palette.
Simplified palette (sugggested):
Raw umber
Burnt umber
Ivory black
Ultramarine blue
Alizarin Claret or Permanent alizarin
Reds (Pick one): English red, Venetian red, Pozzouli red
Cadmium red
Cadmium yellow
Yellow ochre
Raw sienna
Lead white (any) or Titanium White
Expanded Palette (if you prefer larger palette):
Raw umber
Burnt umber
Van dyck brown
Ivory black
Ultramarine blue
Cobalt blue
Alizarin claret, or Alizarin permanent
Earth Red (pick one): English red, Venetian Red, Pozzouli Red
Cadmium red
Cadmium yellow
Lead white (any) or Titanium White
Naples yellow or Lead tin yellow
Yellow ochre
Raw sienna
Viridian
MEDIUMS/SOLVENTS:
Linseed oil
Gamsol or Odorless Mineral Spirits (No turpentine)
BRUSHES:
Options below are suggested but not required.
Chelsea use Rosemary & Co brushes-Michael Klein synthetic, and kolinsky sables.
Round brushes, size 2, 4, 6. Soft synthetic and sables.
SURFACE:
Claessens oil primed linen suggested, any smooth weave portrait-grade linen or canvas will do.
One canvas 14"x18" – 18"x24" canvas for final portrait painting (choose larger if you'd like to include upper torso, or upper torso and hands).
One about 8”x10" canvas (does not need to be stretched or mounted) for poster study
One sheet of drawing paper
DRAWING MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY DRAWING :
Charcoal, graphite or colored pencil for preliminary drawing
Drawing board
Kneaded eraser
OTHER:
Gamsol jar (brush washer)
Medium jar
aper towels
Brush Cleaner
Charcoal, graphite or colored pencil for preliminary drawing
Drawing board
Tape
Gamsol jar with lid
Kneaded eraser
Paper towels
Brush Cleaner
Chelsea Bard (b. 1991) is an American visual artist, most known for her figurative work. A native New Englander, Chelsea obtained a BFA from the Hartford Art School in Connecticut before pursuing a classical foundation in painting and draftsmanship at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. Trained in the methods and concepts sown in the Renaissance, she seeks to bring forth the tools and spirit of the tradition in resonant, authentic and vital ways. Her creative motivations and influences range in the symbolist, sensualist and tonalist movements. Bard’s widely acclaimed work hangs in collections throughout North America, Europe, United Kingdom, Australia and Japan including at the Stobart Foundation and The New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art. Chelsea recently moved to New Salem, MA to be an artist-in-residence and instructor at the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art.
Creating a Finished Portrait Painting
$500
USD
SOLD OUT
$500
USD
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In this 10-week class, students will have the opportunity to carefully complete a portrait painting using traditional methods of oil painting. Time will be divided between a preliminary drawing, a painted study designing compositional elements followed by a final painting using a three layer process of underpainting, modeling stages, and glazing. Compositionally, students will have the chance to incorporate clothing and hands with a highlighted focus on the portrait.
OPEN TO ALL SKILL LEVELS – beginners as well as advanced students are welcome!
While our long pose classes typically run 6 weeks, students have consistently asked for an extended format that allows more time to develop a painting to a significantly higher level of finish/completion. The additional 4 weeks will allow for a deeper level of development at each stage — more time to refine proportion and structure, more time in the modeling stage, as well as a greater consideration of design and a broader composition — resulting in a resolved, fully realized painting.
Working with a live model students will hone their skills of observation, conceptual knowledge and material understanding to convey a naturalistic reflection of the sitter. Discussions will center around architecture of the portrait and the fundamentals of representation – character of the model, anatomy & structural conventions, and form rendering.
Short lectures will be held with the aid of master paintings, investigating the historical use of oil paint, from the Renaissance to the 19th Beaux Arts, and the use of material to evoke the hue variety, form and textures of life.
Chelsea will illustrate each stage of the painting process with a demonstration. Artist in residence and instructor Tyler Berry will also demonstrate over the course of the 10 weeks (not as an instructor, just painting alongside students in the studio).
Alongside demos students will receive one on one critiques helping them towards their independent goals.
PAINT
All colors are suggested but not required. Bring what you are comfortable with. Below are two options to consider, an expanded palette and a simplified palette.
Simplified palette (sugggested):
Raw umber
Burnt umber
Ivory black
Ultramarine blue
Alizarin Claret or Permanent alizarin
Reds (Pick one): English red, Venetian red, Pozzouli red
Cadmium red
Cadmium yellow
Yellow ochre
Raw sienna
Lead white (any) or Titanium White
Expanded Palette (if you prefer larger palette):
Raw umber
Burnt umber
Van dyck brown
Ivory black
Ultramarine blue
Cobalt blue
Alizarin claret, or Alizarin permanent
Earth Red (pick one): English red, Venetian Red, Pozzouli Red
Cadmium red
Cadmium yellow
Lead white (any) or Titanium White
Naples yellow or Lead tin yellow
Yellow ochre
Raw sienna
Viridian
MEDIUMS/SOLVENTS:
Linseed oil
Gamsol or Odorless Mineral Spirits (No turpentine)
BRUSHES:
Options below are suggested but not required.
Chelsea use Rosemary & Co brushes-Michael Klein synthetic, and kolinsky sables.
Round brushes, size 2, 4, 6. Soft synthetic and sables.
SURFACE:
Claessens oil primed linen suggested, any smooth weave portrait-grade linen or canvas will do.
One canvas 14"x18" – 18"x24" canvas for final portrait painting (choose larger if you'd like to include upper torso, or upper torso and hands).
One about 8”x10" canvas (does not need to be stretched or mounted) for poster study
One sheet of drawing paper
DRAWING MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY DRAWING :
Charcoal, graphite or colored pencil for preliminary drawing
Drawing board
Kneaded eraser
OTHER:
Gamsol jar (brush washer)
Medium jar
aper towels
Brush Cleaner
Charcoal, graphite or colored pencil for preliminary drawing
Drawing board
Tape
Gamsol jar with lid
Kneaded eraser
Paper towels
Brush Cleaner
Meet your Instructor
Chelsea Bard
Chelsea Bard (b. 1991) is an American visual artist, most known for her figurative work. A native New Englander, Chelsea obtained a BFA from the Hartford Art School in Connecticut before pursuing a classical foundation in painting and draftsmanship at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. Trained in the methods and concepts sown in the Renaissance, she seeks to bring forth the tools and spirit of the tradition in resonant, authentic and vital ways. Her creative motivations and influences range in the symbolist, sensualist and tonalist movements. Bard’s widely acclaimed work hangs in collections throughout North America, Europe, United Kingdom, Australia and Japan including at the Stobart Foundation and The New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art. Chelsea recently moved to New Salem, MA to be an artist-in-residence and instructor at the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art.
Chelsea Bard (b. 1991) is an American visual artist, most known for her figurative work. A native New Englander, Chelsea obtained a BFA from the Hartford Art School in Connecticut before pursuing a classical foundation in painting and draftsmanship at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. Trained in the methods and concepts sown in the Renaissance, she seeks to bring forth the tools and spirit of the tradition in resonant, authentic and vital ways. Her creative motivations and influences range in the symbolist, sensualist and tonalist movements. Bard’s widely acclaimed work hangs in collections throughout North America, Europe, United Kingdom, Australia and Japan including at the Stobart Foundation and The New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art. Chelsea recently moved to New Salem, MA to be an artist-in-residence and instructor at the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art.