Alla Prima Portrait Painting

In this workshop, students will learn how improve their portrait painting skills. Included will be presentations on portrait structure and anatomy, direct painting techniques, how to get a likeness, color and color mixing in portrait painting, composition and expression. The instructor will provide video demos of the class topics as well as visual discussions of the history of portrait painting, images of contemporary portrait painting and styles, and strategies for developing your own style. Open to all media and levels of experience. ""Students will learn practical strategies for improving their landscape painting skills. Students will complete landscape paintings which will be critiqued by the instructor online. Included will be video demonstrations of approaches by the instructor and presentations of the history of landscape painting, the materials colors and palettes of landscape painting and practical strategies for improving your painting. Presentations of historic and contemporary artwork and informative documents will occur in each session. Open to all media and levels of experience.