Over the course of the workshop, attendees will learn how to construct a painting from an energetic start through to rendered form. Instruction will be given via lecture, demonstration, and individual critique. Lessons will cover oil painting materials, paint handling, the development of a painting, and human anatomy. Attendees will leave the workshop with an understanding of how to properly use and maintain their materials, the importance of gestural starts, how to use value to depict light bathing three dimensional form, and how to use human anatomy to inform their figurative work.