Portrait Painting in Oil (Winter Garden)

Portrait Painting in Oil (Winter Garden)

WGPD-Class | Available

310 N. Dillard Street Winter Garden, FL 34787 United States
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All
3/22/2027-4/26/2027
2:00 PM-5:00 PM EST on Mon
$300.00
Member Discount Available
03/23/2027

Portrait Painting in Oil (Winter Garden)

WGPD-Class | Available

**Class meets at Jessie Brock Community Center**

Learn to paint lifelike portraits using time-tested 19th-century atelier principles alongside contemporary techniques. Begin with a precise linear block-in, transfer your drawing to canvas, develop an underpainting, complete a full-color pass, and finish with refined details.

  • ***Students painting from photos need to come to the class prepared with printed versions of their images***
  • Portrait Painting in Oil
    Supplies
    Drawing Supplies
    Drawing pencils
    Eraser
    Pencil sharpener
    Drawing paper
    Artist's tape (masking or painter's tape is fine)
    Painting Supplies
    Oil painting brushes (sizes 2–6)
    Palette
    Palette knife
    Paper towels
    Oil Paint Colors
    Titanium White
    Ivory Black
    Raw Umber
    Burnt Umber
    Yellow Ochre
    Vermilion Red
    Alizarin Crimson
    Ultramarine Blue
    Viridian Green
    Painting Surface
    One small to medium pre-stretched canvas (approximately 14 × 17 inches or similar size)
    Reference
    A printed photo reference for your portrait or a mirror if you plan to paint a self-portrait. Odorless mineral spirits


Mattus, Joseph
Joseph Mattus

A recent addition to the Painting & Drawing faculty at Crealdé, Joseph Mattus has a B.F.A. in illustration from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.  He later graduated from Grand Central Atelier, where he studied under nationally recognized Jacob Collins, Joshua LaRock, Scott Waddell, Justin Wood and others.  Since completing a five-year study in New York, Joseph has taught privately.  As a new Florida resident, he has entered several local exhibitions, winning Best in Show at the Dunedin Art Center, the Pinellas Park Art Society exhibitions and the Winter Garden Art Association "SOBO" Annual exhibition.