Portrait Drawing & Painting with Andrew Lattimore
Adult Classes | Registration opens 12/9/2024 12:00 AM
We will be working from a live model. Emphasis will be on lighting, features, values, composition, background, drapery, and anatomy. We’ll focus on developing a technical proficiency in rendering the portrait while working from direct observation. Emphasis on understanding anatomy, proportion, value and form and how it relates to portrait drawing. We will also concentrate on the importance of a well-balanced and a thoughtfully executed piece through understanding composition.
Student work will be evaluated daily through individual critiques during class by the instructor. Contact office for complete materials list.
Highly Recommended Books:
Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist, Stephen R. Peck
Perspective Made Easy, Ernest Norling
Suggested Books:
Art and Fear, David Bayles & Ted Orland
Art Spirit, Robert Henri
*The use of cell phones or headphones is NOT permitted in class.
MATERIALS:
Strathmore Drawing Paper: 18”x24”
Sturdy Drawing Board
Graphite Pencils; 2 each of - HB, 2B, 3B, 4B
Kneaded Eraser
Andrew Lattimore
Andrew Lattimore has lived in the Hudson Valley Region for most of his life. He studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in New York with Daniel Greene, Edmond Fitzgerald and Harvey Dinnerstein. He studied life drawing and anatomy with artist and anatomist Stephen R. Peck, author of Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist. He also studied at the Academia di Belle Arti and Studio Simi in Florence, Italy. Today he is a recognized portrait painter, who is represented by Portraits Inc. in New York and Portrait Brokers of America in Birmingham, Alabama. He recently completed the official portrait of Gov. George Pataki for the New York State Capitol.
A noted painter of the figure and still life, he is also a prominent landscape painter whose work has recently been featured in PleinAir Magazine. Andrew Lattimore’s work is in numerous collections throughout the U.S. and Europe.