Alla Prima Portrait

Beyond the basics—refine your portrait painting skills with this drop in alla prima portrait class. Learn techniques for achieving a likeness and further developing a portrait. This class provides fundamental concepts and tools to portray realistic portraits for all levels. No experience is required! Paint or draw in your preferred medium (Julia will teach using oil paints) from a live portrait model.

Please contact [email protected] or 614-572-5522 with questions.

Materials with be available for use, but it is encouraged that students invest in their preferred materials.

Drawing Materials (week 1)

• Vine charcoal
• Compressed charcoal
• Charcoal pencils - white (others as preferred)
• Kneaded eraser
• Drawing paper or newsprint
• Toned gray or tan paper

Oil Painting Materials (weeks 2-4)

• Gamsol—this is the ONLY paint thinner permitted in class
• Container with closing lid

• Recommend a mix of bristle brushes and softer synthetic (I use a mix of Rosemary & Co. and Princeton value brushes)
• Palette knife (shorter knives are easier to control, longer knives are good for edges)
• Glass palette preferred—toned neutral gray
• Blue shop towels

Artist grade paints (I use a mix of Gamblin, Windsor & Newton primarily)

• Titanium white
• Cadmium lemon
• Cadmium yellow medium
• Yellow ochre
• Burnt sienna
• Cadmium red medium
• Alizarin crimson
• Quinacridone magenta
• Raw umber
• Ultramarine blue
• Cerulean blue
• Ivory black (only used for Zorn palette)

Host or Publisher Terra Gallery