Upcoming workshop at Kennedy's Art, Harcourt st.

I will be hosting an oil painting workshop in Kennedy's Art, Harcourt st this coming April the 5th.

http://www.kennedyart.com/pgs/index.php/demos-a-wshops/156-saturday-5th-april-painting-the-figure-from-life

One of the pictures in the link is a charcoal drawing and the other is a monochrome oil painting, but the workshop will be on oil painting the figure i.e. colour. Those were just the pictures that ended up on the website. 

We will be using limited palette (as taught by FAA). Which means a white, a black, a red and an ochre. Those are plenty to describe flesh tones - well, more than enough for me to handle at any rate.  

It's €60 and participants are entitled to a discount on supplies in the shop on the day. Call 01-4751749 to book. Places are limited so early booking is advised. See you there! 

Two nudes from last autumn

2 paintings of 2 ladies. They stood very still for me as I tried to paint them.

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Underpainting

My first stage of my portrait of Elsie Evans- artist and owner of Attic Studios.

See her work here:

http://www.elsiepaints.com/

Figurative Exhibition at Attic Studios, Bangkok 2nd Aug - 31st Aug 2013

Student work currently on show at Attic Studios.

My limited palette for figure painting/ portraiture

 

Basic mixes

1. Ivory Black (Old Holland)

2. Raw Umber (Old Holland)

3. purple mix

4. green mix

5. blue mix

6. Chinese Vermillion (Sennelier)

7. orange mix

8. Yellow Ochre Light (Old Holland)

9. "brilliant highlight" - Titanium White & Yellow Ochre Light

10. Titanium White (Old Holland)

Shadow mixes

11. warm underpainting mix - Ultramarine Blue & Transparent Red Oxide - both Beckers 

12. darkest dark shadow mix - Ivory Black & Chinese Vermillion 

13. shadow mix - Ivory Black & Chinese Vermillion & Yellow Ochre Light

Flesh mixes

14. pink flesh mix 

15. yellow flesh mix

16. cool/ grey flesh mix

17. "magic brown" - nondescript mix for transitions, using between strong colour areas & greying down flesh tones 

Upcoming workshop

See the Attic Studios website for more details.

http://www.attic-studios.com/