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Portrait Painting in Oil


  • Liv & Chiu art studio 10512 San Pablo Ave. El Cerrito, CA, 94530 United States (map)

Date: Sunday March 13, 20, 27 and April 3, 2022
**4 sessions**
Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Cost: $500 including model fee

Teaching Artist: Sung Kim

In this workshop, Sung Kim will teach the basic foundational skills of portrait painting by using traditional methods to create realistic portrait painting from a live model. The course will cover the principal stages of building portrait structure and proportion along with knowledge of how to make color temperature and light values of skin tones. Technical instructions will be presented with demonstration, brief lecture and critique.

Material list

Canvas/board: Recommend 11”x14”, the instructor will be using 11”x14” to demo, however you are free to bring other sizes. Please bring 2 to 3 canvass to class.

Gamblin Artist’s Oil Painting -

  • Flake White Replacement

  • Titanium Whit

  • Cadmium Yellow Medium

  • Cadmium Red light

  • Alizarin Crimson

  • Transparent Oxid Red (Burnt Umber or Burnt Sienna)

  • Ultramarin Blue

  • Phthalo Green (or Viridian Green)

Medium:

  • M Graham Walnut Medium

  • Gamsol by Gamblin

Brush:

  • Rosemary & Co, Evory round point 2, 4

  • Rosemary & Co, Evergreen, Long Flat, 2, 4, 6

  • Amazon brand brush:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085RP7JF1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Pallet Knives

Painting Pallet

Oil Paint cleaning supplies

Gamsol,

Brush cleaning container

Oil Painting soap

Paper towels