The Painted Veil with Samantha Stover
Workshop | Available
A portrait (& hat) workshop about seeing and not seeing; disambiguation and obscurity; the gaze within and beyond the shadows. We will work with the model in a 2-day long pose featuring a headdress or large hat.
Demonstrations will be in oil. Participants may work in any medium but painting is suggested.
Instruction will be on the structure and significance of:
- The skull and facial features as they relate to hair mass, neck and collar bone.
- Light and shadow as it reveals or conceals the portrait.
- Effects of opacity and transparency.
- Balancing psychological elements of portraiture with decorative embellishment.
- Relevant color theory and palette optimization.
Your instructor has provided a list of materials required to participate fully in this class.
If you have any questions about specifics, please reach out to your instructor via the email in your confirmation letter.
Materials List for Oil Painting:- Minimum 16x20 - Maximum 30x40 canvas or panel.
- Titanium white (Zinc white or Lead white or Replacement/Flake white ok)
- Earth Yellow (ochre, naples, etc)
- Cadmium Yellow (or other bright yellow)
- Earth Red (oxide, burnt sienna, terre rosa, etc)
- Cad Red (or Naphthol, etc)
- Burnt Umber
- Ivory Black
- Ultramarine Blue
- Blue such as Cerulean, Cobalt, Azure, Kings Blue, or if Pthalo use sparingly
- Viridian
- Alizarin Crimson (or Quinacridone)
- Any other colors of your choice, please bring your favorite selection.
- Selection of Brushes - which are clean! Flexible Bristle and Synthetic Soft, in various shapes and sizes.
- Palette of your choice, preferably a rigid one.
- Palette Knife
- Linseed oil & receptacle or container
- Rags or paper towels
- Gentle Soap for washing brushes
Materials other than Oil Paint are optional, and ok. (Acrylic painting, pastel, watercolor, drawing, etc).
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For all Painting Classes
It is required that you follow proper brush cleaning techniques while participating in WSS classes and programming. Please review this video and ask your instructor for a demonstration of proper cleanup practices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iIKYsfjl_E
Materials for cleaning brushes and PPE are the responsibility of the student.
Such items may include but are not limited to:
Shop towels for painting & cleanup
Safflower oil (for oil paint cleanup)
dish/brush soap
Glass containers for oil & solvent storage as well as brush cleaning
Aprons
Gloves
dustmasks /n95 masks
Eye protection
WSS provides a small amount of shared cleanup items for the Painting Room- 3A but it is much more efficient to bring and use your own.
Samantha Stover
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