Painting from the Masters: Emphasis on the Portrait
Class | This class is completed
One of the age old techniques for students to gain a foothold on their basic painting skills, and learn advanced blending procedures or finishes was copying the masters. Copying the great masters is a way to understand painting procedure learned through the recreation of their techniques. If the painting is thoughtfully reproduced, the student will gain a great deal of insight into how to solve problems in paint when approaching their own work.
Students will choose one Living Master and one Deceased Master. Living Master will be a choice of Morgan Weistling or Z. S. Liang. The Deceased Masters will be Ilya Repin and Ivan Kramskoy. (A student may work from an artist outside the list with instructor approval.) We will study the artist's palette, their approach to starting the painting and how they took it to a finish. Instructor demonstrations and critiques are routine.
- General painting supply list below. Instructor will go over specifics at the first class meeting which will be a demonstration.
- Painting Grounds (Preferred Brand: Fredrix)
- 9”x12” to 16”x20” (Please stay within these size perimeters.)
- Canvas: Fredrix prestretched canvas: red or green label
- Panels: Fredrix archieval canvas panels
- Brushes (Preferred Brands: Robert Simmons Signet Bristles and Langnickel Sables)
- An assortment of rounds, filberts and flats in sable and bristle.
- Below is an assortment of recommended sizes in bristles and sables.
- (Note: It is not necessary to have all of these sizes but a good idea to work towards getting them.)
- Bristles (Robert Simmons):
- Filberts 2, 4, 6, 8
- Flats 2, 4, 6, 8
- Rounds 0, 1, 2, 4, 6
- Sables (Langnickel if possible, other brands are fine as well):
- Filberts 2, 4, 6, 8
- Flats 2, 4, 6, 8
- Rounds 0, 1, 2, 4, 6
- Brights 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
- Cleaning Solvent: Gamsol Oderless Mineral Spirits by Gamblin
- Solvent container
- Masters Brush Soap
- Palette: Wood or plastic
- Note: Freezer paper is another option.
- Paints (Preferred Brand: Gamblin, Da Vinci)
- Paints minimum:
- Ultramarine Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Alizarin Crimson Permanent
- Cadmium Red Light
- Cadmium Orange
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Cadmium Yellow Medium
- Titanium White
- Paints optional
- Yellow Ochre
- Azo Green
- Ivory Black
- Transparent Maroon
- Transparent Red Oxide
- Miscellaneous:
- Roll of paper towels
- Plastic grocery bag for trash
Lucas Graciano
Lucas has been attending the Watts Atelier since 2001. He has worked in the video game industry working in Visual Development. Some of his game credits include: SOCOM 2 and 3, God of War, Alien Hominid, and Twisted
Metal: HO. Lucas now freelances as an illustrator, some of his clients include: Sony Computer Entertainment, SOE, Wizards of the Coast, Reef, Upper Deck, Blizzard, White Wolf, and Quarto Publishing. His work can be seen in “Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art”, “The Art of World of Warcraft TCG” as well as “Drawing and Painting the Undead”. Lucas was also a finalist in the 2008 Cover Competition for "American Artist Drawing" magazine. For more information on Lucas’ art, visit his website:
www.lucasgraciano.com
His work can be seen in “Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art”, “The Art of World of Warcraft TCG” as well as “Drawing and Painting the Undead”. Lucas was also a finalist in the 2008 Cover Competition for "American Artist Drawing" magazine.
For more information on Lucas’ art, visit his website: www.lucasgraciano.com