Workshop | Portrait Drawing from Life 6-Week

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Portrait Drawing from Life 6-Week Workshop

$360 - All Materials Provided.

Join Artist Michele Del Campo for an engaging 6-week portrait drawing workshop designed to enhance your skills and creativity when creating a portrait. Each session lasts 3 hours and is open to all skill levels, encouraging individual expression alongside technical growth.

· Tuesday, May 12 – 10:30am to 1:30pm

· Tuesday, May 19 – 10:30am to 1:30pm

· Tuesday, May 26 – 10:30am to 1:30pm

· Tuesday, June 2 – 10:30am to 1:30pm

· Tuesday, June 9 – 10:30am to 1:30pm

· Tuesday, June 16 – 10:30am to 1:30pm

(No makeup dates)

What to Expect:

Day 1 | Scaling a drawing: The Grid Method. How to use a grid to draw from a photographic reference at any size while maintaining the correct proportions.

Day 2 | Free hand drawing, basic structure and proportions of the head. A constructive method to find the placement of the elements of the face: breaking down the individual facial features, eyes, nose and mouth, how to see and represent them and how to relate them to each other within the general structure of the face.

Day 3 | Line and contour drawing. How to represent each element of the face at different angles and how they align within the face as a whole. Introduction to sculpting shadows.

Day 4 | Shadow mapping method and tonal values for creating dimensionality. How to go beyond the constructive method and build a more intuitive approach, starting from the shadows rather than the lines.

Day 5 | Additive method vs. Subtractive method (with live model). After previously tackling portraits by “adding” tones and lines on blanc paper, this time we will “subtract” values by removing material from a toned down paper to create lights and form. Adding darker pencil and charcoal marks will complete the drawing at the end.

Day 6 | Self-portrait by the mirror. Capturing your own likeness and giving it character and life.

Materials:

All essential materials will be provided, with optional materials available for a fee. Participants are also welcome to bring any materials they feel comfortable using.

Michele grew up in San Nicandro Garganico, a small town in Southern Italy. Isolated in the countryside, he would spend his leisure time drawing and painting. At 18 years old he moved to Milan and then to the UK to become an artist and discover a bigger world. He went on living in multiple cities and countries, adapting to different environments and meeting people from all walks of life, which enriched the narrative in his painting.

Michele holds a Fine Arts degree and an MFA from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2007, Spain) and a BA(Hons) degree in Illustration and Printmaking from the University of Dundee (2001, UK). His paintings have been exhibited in art galleries and institutions around Europe, United Kingdom, United States and South America, earning him awards such as the BMW Painting Prize in Spain, the Premios Luces in Peru and the Oil Painters of America Prize in the ARC Salon, among others.

Michele is also an experienced art instructor. He lives at present in North Miami.

More info micheledelcampo.com

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