
Figure Painting Workshop (1 day)
NC738-02
Start Date
07/27
Time
10am–2:30pm
Room
Kennedy 510
End Date
07/27
Meeting Day
Sunday
Credits
0
In this 1 day workshop, students paint from a live nude model. The course focuses on color mixing (skin tones), basic anatomy, and overall composition. Some painting experience is preferred.
Materials needed for Figure Painting:
*Oil Paints- suggested
Titanium White (120 ml large tube),
37ml small tubes of :
Lemon Yellow,
Cadmium Yellow,
Cadmium Red,
Alizarin Crimson,
Cerulean Blue,
Ultramarine Blue,
*Palette (disposable or wooden) min size 11” x 14”
*Palette knife
*Assortment of Brushes (Rounds, Flats, Filberts) #6, #8, #10
* 1 small container with cover for medium (50% Gamsol + 50% Linseed Oil)
1 small container with cover for Gamsol (solvent)
(you can also choose to work with only walnut oil if you’d like to avoid solvents)
*2 pre-stretched Canvases or prepared boards –min size 13” x 17” -max 18″ x 24″
*2 sticks of vine or willow charcoal
This class meets in-person at MassArt.
Brett X. Gamache
Brett X. Gamache holds an MFA in Painting from the University of New Hampshire along with a BFA from MassArt in Art Education & Painting. He is a recipient of a Fulbright Grant (Italy) and was recently awarded a Blanche E. Colman Award and the John Anson Kittridge Grant. He has received artist residency fellowships … Read more