2024 Weekly Class:
Portrait Drawing & Painting
Every Thursday
6:00pm-9:00pm
John’s Studio
American Fork, UT
$50 per drop-in session (one time)
$275 per month | $750 per 3 months
I’ve studied and worked professionally as an artist for 10+ years. Since getting my own studio in early 2022, I’ve had the opportunity to host students for a weekly portraiture class to share the skills I’ve learned. I really enjoy teaching, and focus my instruction on isolating principles that will benefit each student specifically, then continuing to build on them each month.
Weekly classes (running in one-month sessions) will focus on the fundamentals of drawing and painting the portrait from a live model. From this curriculum, students can expect to learn to accurately interpret shape, value, and color in order to beautifully draw and/or paint a portrait. With no more than ten spots available, each student receives continual individual instruction and critique.
Students of all experience levels are welcome.
Skills we cover:
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-Dividing the subject into units
-Comparative measuring
-Finding anchors/landmarks
-Checking against horizontal and vertical lines
-Identifying shape characterization
-Identifying angles
-Finding broken lines
-Checking/correcting work
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-Establishing darkest dark and lightest light
-Establishing shadow shapes
-Flattening shadows
-Crawling over the form
-Establishing form within the shadows
-Identifying hard and soft edges
-Using light logic
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-Creating depth with chroma and temperature
-Optical mixing
-Use of paint
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Transferring a block-in drawing to a new surface (for painting on, or to size a drawing down/up)
Needed supplies:
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-Strathmore, 80 lb Toned Gray drawing paper 18”x 24”
-Kneaded eraser
-Tombow Mono Zero Round Eraser
-2H, H, HB graphite pencils
-White chalk pencil
-Pencil extender
-Sand paper sharpener & exacto knife
-Drawing board
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-Pallet
-Brush cleaner jar
-Gamblin Gamsol
-Pallet knife
-Paper towels
-Brushes
-Painting surface - 12’’x20’’ acrylic gesso board is recommended
-Paints:
Lemon Yellow
Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
Ivory Black
Titanium White
I recommend Artist Corner in Orem for the best selection of high quality products.
Reserve an introductory class session.
I’ll reach out as soon as possible regarding availability: