Beginning Portrait Drawing

Beginning Portrait Drawing

PD-Class | This class is completed

600 St. Andrews Blvd Winter Park, FL 32792 United States

1A

Beginner

1/24/2022-3/14/2022

10:00 AM-12:00 PM EDT on Mon

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$250.00

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Learn the basics of drawing portraits using pencil and charcoal techniques. Focusing first on proportions, measurements and anatomy, students will then experiment with rub-out and cross-hatch techniques to create tonal studies. Students will begin working from photographs provided by the instructor but may choose their own photographs as the class progresses. Skill level: Beginner

  • 11 x 14 drawing pad,
  • No. 2 pencil,
  • Ebony pencil,
  • Kneaded eraser,
  • Small personal pencil sharpener
Schmalstig, Dennis

A Central Florida art educator since 1992 at Crealdé School of Art, Valencia College and Rollins College, Dennis Schmalstig, earned a B.F.A. from Wright State University in 1983 and an M.F.A. in painting from the University of Delaware in 1987.  He has exhibited his work since 1982 in commercial and university galleries, and in national competitions.  He has had one-man exhibitions at the L.B. Jones and Susan Isaacs galleries in Wilmington, Delaware, at the Rikes Gallery at the University of Dayton, at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, and at the Daytona State College Fine Art Gallery.  He has participated in small group shows such as "Representations" at Helio Galleries in New York, "Visionary Artists" and "Stories and Gestures" at the Jenkins Gallery at Crealdé School of Art in Winter Park, Florida.  His work has been reviewed by Victoria Donohue in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philip Bishop in the Orlando Sentinel and Patricia Madden in the Orlando Weekly.