Portraiture Starting Methods For Beginners Workshop

Portraiture Starting Methods For Beginners Workshop

Workshop | This program is completed

200 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203 United States

A02

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6/28/2019-6/30/2019

9:00 AM-4:00 PM MDT on Sun Fri Sat

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$350.00

$300.00

All levels welcome to participate in this comprehensive study of oil painting with ARC Associate Living Master, Tina Garrett, which will include open grisaille, accurate color wash and, Tina’s favorite, selective start. Students will gain understanding of form, value, temperature, edges and composition as well as color mixing, as Tina demonstrates how to control your palette for accurate values and color. Tina will share insights on posing the model, lighting and painting materials. Tina will demonstrate from the live model each morning, assist artists individually each afternoon, and discuss painting from photographs vs. painting from life.

  • ***NOTE: I am a “Gamblin Dedicated Workshop Instructor” so this means Gamblin likes to send my students free stuff. I’ll have Gamsol samples as well as Cad Orange Deep and Green Gold available for free and a handful of other fun Gamblin products.
  • Canvas: 3 16x20 inch lead or oil primed canvases. The size is not critical, so if 16x20 doesn’t fit in your luggage, buy something slightly smaller. I like 12x12 as well. Just no tiny or gigantic canvases. We are aiming for a typical head and shoulders portrait. Absolutely NO ACRYLIC/GESSO PRIMED CANVAS. Please buy the smooth textured canvas made for portrait painting using the link below (or an equivalent oil or lead primed substrate.) You can also reuse a good canvas throughout the workshop by wiping off at the end of the day. To save on luggage weight, I’ll bring a small roll of unstretched canvas and one panel and roll of tape and simply cut my canvas to fit my panel and tape it to the panel. As brands vary from country to country, any portrait grade oil or lead primed canvas you have access to is fine. If you are able to order from America, portrait quality linen from https://www.raymarart.com is perfect. www.raymarart.com search double primed linen OR this less expensive canvas panel made by Centurion Deluxe is affordable and great for learning: http://www.jerrysartarama.com/centurion-deluxe-oil-primed-linen-panels?gclid=CjwKCAiA0IXQBRA2EiwAMODilxkgzh4ncwGJU-b36gU22TtyfUfSeedMZizEpoJ4hi4QgzoBmHrI2BoC1AoQAvD_BwE

  • Brushes: Tina’s Brush Set is available through Rosemary & Co. Brushes of England. Visit https://www.rosemaryandco.com and search Tina Garrett in the search window. The complete set costs about $125 and in the web shop, you can remove brushes you may already have or add to the quantity of those you’d like to buy more of. I recommend you consider purchasing three of each of the 331 Combers in all sizes...they are my staple and three of each will allow you to assign one for each value. I have several sets available to purchase during the workshop for your convenience, they are $120.00 a set.

  • Paint: Use whatever brand you prefer except DO NOT BUY STUDENT GRADE, student grade is terrible paint. (These three brands are reliable and affordable: Winsor & Newton, Gamblin or Rembrandt.) Please do not feel obligated to buy all the paint on this list.
  • For those on a tight budget OR very beginners, you may bring only these colors: Transparent Oxide Red, Ultramarine Blue Deep, Kings Blue, Cad Red Medium, Ivory Black, Yellow Ochre, Winsor Yellow, Permanent Mauve and Titanium White.

  • THIS IS THE FULL LIST OF COLOURS NORMALLY ON THE ARTIST PALETTE THAT SHE’LL BRING:
  • Transparent Oxide Red
  • Ultramarine Blue Deep
  • Kings Blue
  • Phthalo Turquoise
  • Cadmium Orange Deep
  • Cadmium Yellow Deep
  • Cadmium Red Medium
  • Quinacridone Magenta
  • Green Gold
  • Permanent Mauve
  • Yellow Ochre
  • Transparent Oxide Yellow
  • Winsor Yellow
  • Indian Yellow
  • Indian Yellow Deep
  • Ivory Black
  • Titanium White

  • Other Supplies:
  • Odor free solvent (I use Gamsol by Gamblin.)
  • Solvent jar
  • Paper Towels (Scott Blue Shop Towels is what I use)
  • A plastic grocery sack or trash bag for your trash
  • Palette knife/Diamond shaped head. (No plastic. Metal with wood handle please.)
  • Palette (Please bring as large a palette as comfortably can fit in your gear case, so you have room to mix color)
  • Flat razor blade for palette clean up if like me, you have a glass palette
  • A smart Phone

  • H Frame easels and side tables are provided.

In 2012, the Scottsdale Artists’ School awarded Tina the first of two merit scholarships and she began her practice of understanding oil painting. Tina is a sought-after teacher, leading painting and drawing workshops in the US and internationally. Her many exhibits include the Barcelona Museum of Modern Art Europe. Additionally Tina’s work is in permanent collections in the US, UK and the Netherlands.