Learning how to paint a portrait can be intimidating. This course is designed for ANYONE who wants to learn how to paint portraits & or draw or sharpen their skills. During this class, you will study how to make a solid head with proportions, anatomy, lights & darks, and a lot of character discovery from a live model. Homework will be given every week.

Prerequisite: minimum requirement Beginning Drawing

9/27-11/15 (8 sessions) 1-4 pm Wednesday

Tuition: $300 + $50 studio fee

CEUs: 2.4

Room 402

Faculty:

Adeline Goldminc-Tronzo was born in Paris, France and trained in NYC at the Art Students League in the 1970s with Robert Beverly Hale, Marshall Glassier, Joseph Hirsch and Norman Lewis. For more than 35 years her work has been exhibited in both Europe and the US. Adeline also conducts painting workshops in Provence, and Paris, France. Learn more: www.adelinette.com

Suggested Materials: This materials list is ONLY a suggestion, you don’t need these exact materials, please bring what you are used to working with. If you have any questions regarding your materials please feel free to email Adeline: agoldminc-tronzo@meca.edu.

FOR OIL:

• Titanium white
• Cad yellow light
• Indian Yellow Naples
• Cad red
• Quinacridone sienna
• Raw umber
• Magenta
• Ultramarine blue
• Cobalt blue
• Oil medium or Walnut oil
• Canola oil for cleaning brushes 2 small containers

FOR ACRYLIC: 

• Titanium white
• Cad yellow med
• Cad red
• Quinacridone magenta
• Cobalt blue
• Ultramarine blue
• Burnt sienna
• Mars black
• Acrylic medium
• A small spray can

FOR BOTH OIL AND ACRYLIC: 

• A palette and a palette knife
• Canvas or canvas board (the size is up to you - ie: 16” X 20” -or 20” X 24” or 24" x 30", etc...)
• Assorted set of brushes (small, medium and large ones)

FOR PASTELS:

• Your set of Pastels
• Good colored pastel paper or board (i.e. art spectrum, Uart or any sanded pastel paper or Canson Pastel sanded mi-teintes)
• A razor blade
• Blending tortillions
• A soft brush
• Masking tape
• Alcohol and a brush
• A drawing board

FOR EVERYONE:

• SKETCHBOOK
• PENCILS
• CHARCOAL
• KNEADED ERASE
• PAPER TOWELS