Figure Drawing/Painting Workshop

Figure Drawing/Painting Workshop

Learn the art of figure drawing/painting using our step by step method. Beginner and advanced students will benefit from this workshop. Students will be working directly from the nude as Senior ARA instructor Fernando Freitas will teach you the basics of gesture, proportion, and morphology. Finally finishing with big form and small form modeling. The end effect is a dramatic three dimensional figure. Students will have the choice of either

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Painting Portrait from a Photo

Date: October 26, 27 and 28 Duration: 3 days Location: Monart Art School Ottawa, 2445 St. Laurent Blvd., Suite B2-244 Instructor: Fernando Freitas Price: $350.00 The workshop focuses on creating a painted portrait using a photo reference. Participants learn the key principles of working from photos, and most importantly, what to keep and what to leave out from the photographs.

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Drawing the Structure and Anatomy of the Head

Date: June 15th – 17th, 2017 Time: from 10:00am to 4:00pm Duration: 3 days Location: Academy of Realist Art Ottawa, 2445 St. Laurent Blvd., Suite B244 Instructor: Esteban Rodriguez Price: … This 3-day drawing workshop focuses on creating a solid understanding of the anatomy of the head as the base for building the structure of the portrait. Participants will be taken through a number of shorter poses, where with a

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Alla Prima FigurePainting With A Full Palette Workshop

Alla Prima FigurePainting With A Full Palette Workshop

Location: Academy of Realist Art Ottawa, 2445 St. Laurent Blvd., Suite B244 Dates: December 3 from 11:00am to 5:00pm. Fee: $150 (this includes model fees) Instructor: Kristy Gordon This figure painting workshop is designed for artists who want to learn the alla prima painting technique through observation of the live model. Alla prima means “at once” in Italian and is an approach to painting that is done in a quickly

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