Contemporary Portrait Painting with Artist Leslie Pierce

Learn to paint portraits using contemporary methods including painting color zones, form, value, and contrast with different color palettes. This class begins with easy-to-follow, fun ways to sketch with paint before going in for modeled detail. We will be looking at famous Artists’ work who took portrait painting to new levels including: Egon Schiele, Alice Neel, Kehinde Wiley, B. Shawn Cox, Mark Tennant, Mark Ryden (Godfather of Pop Surrealism), Sandra Chevrier, and more!
Some of the many benefits you will get out of this class:

•Learn how to paint with both the traditional Zorn Limited Color Palette and with Modern Color Palettes.
•Learn to mix a diverse variety of skin tones.
•Brush techniques and best practices for choosing which brush for the job.
•How to paint smooth and textured areas.
•How to paint dynamic modeled and flat areas
•Edge Control- what is it and why it is so important.
•Learn Color Mixing and Color Theory through exercises and projects.

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