Beginning Portrait Drawing
PD-Class | Registration opens Monday, June 30, 2025 9:00 AM EDT
Focus first on proportions, measurement and anatomy, then create tonal studies with rub-out and cross-hatch techniques. Work first from instructor-provided photos, but you may choose your own photos as the class progresses.
- **Materials: soft vine charcoal, charcoal pencil (soft or 4B), graphite drawing pencils (HB, 2B), kneaded eraser, blending stump, drawing pad (14x17”, Strathmore 400 Series, suitable for dry media), compressed charcoal, hairspray or workable fixative (Blair’s, Krylon),
Dennis Schmalstig
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.