Expressive Hair Design - Male Hair and Beard
Class | Available
Hairstyles can often be elusive and difficult to capture. This class will explore the various structures of hair in the male portrait while focusing on cultivating a sense of superior shape design. We will tackle a variety of different hair styles in this class, each with their own challenges.
- This class will use a variety of different mediums.
-Charcoal on newsprint
-Graphite on Bristol or sketchbook
-Gouache on Illustration board
-Oil on Canvas or Board
-Ink on paper or sketchbook
For a comprehensive list of materials, please visit https://www.wattsatelier.com/materials
Jeff Watts
Jeff Watts studied at The California Art Institute where he was soon invited to teach as he began his illustration career in the movie industry. However, Jeff’s desire to become an easel painter would draw him back to San Diego where he started a small life drawing and painting studio which has evolved into Watts Atelier of the Arts now managed by Jeff and his wife, Krista.
Jeff's oil paintings have won numerous awards including First Place Portrait category and Second Place Landscape category from the Artist's Magazine, two consecutive Second Place Awards at the Salon International Exhibition, three Honor Awards from the Portrait Society of America, 3 Awards of Excellence from Oil Painters of America and 3 Top 100 Awards from Arts for the Parks. Watts's work has been featured in Southwest Art , American Artist, Art of the West, Western Art Collector, American Art Collector, Drawing and Workshop magazines. He holds Master Signature member status from the Oil Painters of America and is a Signature member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association and an artist member of the California Art Club. Jeff participates in the prestigious Prix de West Invitational at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and was recently honored with a Solo Exhibition at the Taos Art Museum and Fechin House. He is represented by Trailside Galleries in Scottsdale, AZ and Jacksonhole, WY and Greenhouse Gallery in San Antonio, Texas. For more information regarding Jeff’s fine art visit
www.JeffreyRWatts.com.