Portrait Painting in Oil
You Will Learn:
- Zhaoming Wu’s masterful painterly technique
- How to use the alla prima approach – wet on wet painting
- Masterful composition and use of color
- How to create light on the human form
- How to create mood and atmosphere using values and attention to edges
Instructor: Zhaoming Wu
Audience: Fine Art Painters
For Stage(s): Emerging, Accomplished, Professional
Medium: Oil
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Tuesday, August 15 & Wednesday, August 16, 2023
2 sessions, 7hrs each day with 1h lunch break
10:00am – 6:00pm MT
$450.00
Note: Price in $USD
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Course Description
In this 2-day workshop, Zhaoming will teach a traditional “painterly” technique of oil painting. It will be applied to portrait painting in an alla prima” approach. Emphasis will be placed on composition, color and understanding light on form. It will include the process of producing appropriate values and edges to create mood and atmosphere. Students will be led into portrait painting practice by observing Zhaoming’s demonstrations along with individual instruction, and critiques.
Zhaoming’s understanding of classical techniques and superb draftsmanship has enabled him to paint in a loose manner, developing his own concept and personal style.
Supply List
General
- Linseed Oil
- Paper Towels
- Portable Easel Box, any type as long as it’s easy to set up
- Wet Painting Carrier Box
- Palette, any type except paper palette
Brushes
- Good quality Flat brushes for the small to medium sizes (#0,#1, #2, #4, #6, #8, #10 and #12)
- Three good quality synthetic brushes for the larger sizes (one inch or one and half inch)
- Two Fan Brushes (#2)
- Angle shape brush used for oil, #5 #8 (optional)
Canvas
- You will need 2 canvases, 18×14 or 16×20for portrait painting.
- Gamsol (odorless mineral spirits) or Odorless Turpenoid (turpentine substitute)
Paint (recommended palette):
- Titanium White
- Cad. Yellow
- Cad. Orange
- Cad. Red
- Terra Rosa
- Alizarin Crimson
- Burnt Sienna
- Van Dyck Brown or Raw Umber
- Ultramarine Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Cerulean blue
Instructor Bio
Influenced by the 19th century French painters, Zhaoming Wu describes his work as representational, but not traditional classical. This technique can be seen through the combination of more modern elements. Utilizing his knowledge of heightened colors and values, he makes powerful, conscious decisions about their application. Active for many years as both an artist and a teacher, Zhaoming has works exhibited in museums and private collections around the world. The national and international publications have highlighted his vibrant career and technique.
He has been featured in major domestic art magazines such as Fine Art Today, Fine Art Connoisseur, American Art Collector, Southwest Art, Art of West and Plein Air Magazine. International publications include Arte Y Libertad (Spain), Art Panorama (China) and Pratique des Arts, (France).
He has published 11 books and was featured in 3 instructional DVDs. Major awards and honors have been given to Zhaoming Wu. These organizations include the International Artist’s Magazine, Oil Painters of America and the National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society, among others. For 9 consecutive years, he was a juror of an international art contest at the Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Spain.
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