Luminescent Figures: Painting Light on the Human Form

Learn time-tested techniques of how to paint form and skin in oil painting. Painting in oils gives the ability to ‘sculpt with the paint’, so that it mimics the way skin pulls over muscle. Oils also offer the capability to make use of translucent glazes and layering of paint, creating a richer and more luminous experience than printed images.

In this workshop we’ll learn the fundamentals of underpainting, overpainting, and glazes & adjustments. We’ll work in tandem in a step by step ‘work-along’ procedure from the same source material. In the process we’ll learn what type of brushes to use and when, how to manage the viscosity of paint to achieve the desired effect, as well as how to effectively ‘tile’ and blend.

Here's the breakdown of the schedule:

Day 1

Tone exercises for canvas so that its dry for Tuesday

Transfer from printout, and underpainting (portrait)

Day 2

Exercises in Tiling and Blending from the same printed sources (while the underpainting from day 1 dries)

• Value Squares
• Value matching exercise, and blending
• Color matching exercise, and blending strings

Day 3

Torso painting excercise.

Day 4

Overpainting/glazing over underpainting from day 1