The Versatile Palette: From Skin tones to landscape
Weekend Class | Available
The Versatile Palette: From Skin Tones to Landscape explores how the ARA Boston full palette (a set of nine oil colors) can open the door to endless possibilities in painting. Using this palette, John will demonstrate how the same pigments can be adapted to create convincing skin tones, rich landscapes, luminous still lifes, and more. Students will see how shifting mixtures and balances within this palette can yield an incredible range of effects, making it both a practical and powerful approach for painters of all levels. Beginners are welcome, and veteran painter will find they can maximize their use of color.
Throughout the course, students will complete a series of focused painting studies designed to build confidence and versatility with color mixing. By working across different subjects, students will discover how much can be achieved without the overwhelm of dozens of tubes. This hands-on approach emphasizes observation and control, equipping students with a dependable palette that can serve as the foundation for any subject.
Don't just buy a new tube of paint, learn how to use the ones you have!
John Asimacopoulos
John Asimacopoulos started as a student at the Academy of Realist Art Boston in September 2015, after making the decision to switch from a medical career to pursue an artistic one. His studies did not go to waste though, as they gave him knowledge, and appreciation of the human body, especially through his study of anatomy, which included dissection. John applied what he learned, and started teaching artistic anatomy, and figure drawing at the school in 2018. He graduated from the school in 2021.
He has won numerous awards, including two Art Renewal Center scholarships in 2017, and 2019, the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund in 2017, the Head Start Student Competition in 2017, and second place in the Richeson Still Life & Floral Competition in 2021. He has been involved in group shows at Bowersock Gallery in Provincetown, and the Portsmouth Music and Arts Center. He has also juried for the 3rd Annual Northeast Fine Arts Exhibition in 2021.
He is currently working on a series of narrative paintings exploring the theme of transformation.
You can find his work on Instagram here