Artisan Academy: Oil Painting Starter Methods - From Photos with Tina Garrett

Seize the opportunity to learn from Art Renewal Center Living Master Tina Garrett during this three-day Artisan Academy workshop.
Learn the practical methods she uses in her award-winning portraiture to create outstanding realist paintings. Students will learn to see and simplify values, create form, and understand edges and chroma to control composition and create dramatic portraiture. Tina is noted for her practical and easy-to-use strategies.
If your portraits look cartoonish or dead, you need this workshop.
What the workshop will cover:
* how to pose and paint from the live model as well as how to photograph the model and how to edit your photos with and without Photoshop,
* how to organize your palette to mix realistic colors, values, and temperatures for different skin types
* two easy strategies to achieve an accurate likeness in your portraiture.
* three oil painting starting methods including open grisaille, accurate color wash and Tina’s favorite, selective start, to help discover the process to achieve your best work.
Tina is one of the most well-recognized women artists in Contemporary Western Art. Her works center on emotion and mood, and they often contain dramatic light or atmospheric effects. In addition to her accreditation as a living master from ARC, she holds a master artist designation from the National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society.
WHEN: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 25-27
COST: $700, plus suggested $20 live model tip
SKILL LEVEL: beginner, intermediate, advanced
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