- Teacher: Ruthie V.
- Course Length: 8 sessions
- Class Days: Fridays, beginning February 7
- Time: 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
Draw and paint expressive portraits, choosing your preferred medium each week. If you have taken Beginning Drawing, you are encouraged to focus on drawing. If you have taken Beginning Painting, you are invited to work with paint.
Using modified photographs, sketches, focus tricks, and memory, you will create portraits that capture proportion, mood, and personality. Learn methods to improve observational skills and expand your ability to alter what you see to express more. Explore artistic languages for: proportion, harmony, depth, dimension, visual impact, dynamic or quiet forms, and focus.
The focus is not on creating photo-realistic works but on crafting portraits that feel believable and full of life. This course emphasizes observation, experimentation, working and re-working an idea, and developing your unique artistic voice.
Prerequisites:
- Beginning Drawing (if drawing)
- Beginning Painting (if painting)
Materials:
Don’t break the bank. Bring what you have. Bring what you enjoy working with.
Suggested Drawing Supplies:
- Soft Willow Charcoal
- 6B pencil
- Strathmore drawing paper
- Cold press watercolor paper
- Plastic eraser
- Colored pencils
- Ink and watercolor is welcome – with collage or white ground for changes.
Suggested Painting Supplies:
- Cold press watercolor paper, gessoed panel, or canvas
- If smaller than 16×20 inches, bring multiples for each week
- Long-handled brushes (variety of sizes):
- Pointed rounds for drawing
- Filbert brushes for organic shapes
- Flat brushes for clean, abstract edges
- Paint: Oil or acrylic
- Use colors you like; pure pigments preferred. Additional colors may be suggested.
- For Oil: Odorless mineral spirits (OMS)
- For Oil: Low Odor Medium (Walnut Alkyd recommended)
- For Acrylic: Open or Golden retarder recommended
Prerequisites:
Beginning Drawing if drawing.
Beginning Painting if painting.
If you haven’t taken either course but believe you have the necessary skills, please email 3 samples of your work to ruthie@ruthiev.com for approval before registering.
