Alla Prima Portrait and Figure Painting with David Shevlino
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Alla Prima Portrait and Figure Painting
with David Shevlino
September 10-13, 2026 | Thursday- Sunday | 9:30 am-4:30 pm
Experience: All Levels of experience are welcome in this workshop.
Registration: Each student must enroll individually. Click the Cancellation Policy tab above for more info.
Medium: Oil
Materials List: See the Materials Tab below.
Location: Sedona Arts Center, Theatre Studio
In this four-day workshop, we’ll alternate between painting the portrait and the nude figure alla prima (wet into wet) and learn the techniques used to create a fresh, direct response to our subjects. There will be a painting demonstration and lots of class time for students to work from live models with a different pose each day. The focus will be on economy of brush strokes, simplifying the head and seeing it in terms of basic shapes and planes described by light and shadow. We’ll also talk about basic concepts like proportions, value, color mixing and paint application. This approach helps us to paint our subjects with greater understanding, expression and directness.
The class will be particularly helpful for those who want to move from a tight painting style to a looser, economical paint application, and we will talk about basic concepts like proportions, value, color mixing and paint application. This approach helps us to paint our subjects with greater understanding, expression and directness.
The class will be particularly helpful for those who want to move from a tight painting style to a looser, economical paint application.
with David Shevlino
September 10-13, 2026 | Thursday- Sunday | 9:30 am-4:30 pm
Experience: All Levels of experience are welcome in this workshop.
Registration: Each student must enroll individually. Click the Cancellation Policy tab above for more info.
Medium: Oil
Materials List: See the Materials Tab below.
Location: Sedona Arts Center, Theatre Studio
In this four-day workshop, we’ll alternate between painting the portrait and the nude figure alla prima (wet into wet) and learn the techniques used to create a fresh, direct response to our subjects. There will be a painting demonstration and lots of class time for students to work from live models with a different pose each day. The focus will be on economy of brush strokes, simplifying the head and seeing it in terms of basic shapes and planes described by light and shadow. We’ll also talk about basic concepts like proportions, value, color mixing and paint application. This approach helps us to paint our subjects with greater understanding, expression and directness.
The class will be particularly helpful for those who want to move from a tight painting style to a looser, economical paint application, and we will talk about basic concepts like proportions, value, color mixing and paint application. This approach helps us to paint our subjects with greater understanding, expression and directness.
The class will be particularly helpful for those who want to move from a tight painting style to a looser, economical paint application.
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15 Art Barn Rd, Sedona, AZ, United States, Arizona 86336
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