Portraits People/Pets

Portraits People/Pets

Adult Class | Registration opens 2/19/2025 8:00 PM EST

Adult all levels
3/25/2025-5/27/2025
10:00 AM-12:00 PM EST on Tue
$280.00
$252.00

Portraits People/Pets

Adult Class | Registration opens 2/19/2025 8:00 PM EST

Ever want to draw someone’s portrait, but were unable to figure out where to start? In this class, you will learn the guidelines for creating a successfully executed human portrait. The curriculum will cover human portrait proportions, measurements, and shading, as well as creating natural looking hair using a variety of pencils and shading techniques. You will also learn the tricks of how to draw a pet portrait, including how to render the expression in the eyes and the softness of the fur or feathers. Instructor will provide photos and handouts. Student provided photos need instructor approval. Beginners and intermediates welcome. Teens/Adults. Demonstrations, one-on-one attention and class critiques. A materials list will be provided prior to class. Free subscription to instructor’s monthly Art Newsletter.

  • You can buy sets of pencils and other items on this list and save some money. Some even come with a carrying case. Pencils and vine charcoal are required.

    Pencils

    · 4B, 6B, and 8B pencils

    · Woodless pencil (optional)

    · Pencil sharpener

    Charcoal

    · Charcoal pencils – black and white, for toned paper

    · Graphite powder (optional)

    Pens (any fine line pen)

    · The Sakura Pigma Micron or something comparable

    · Uni Pin Fine liner pen (optional)

    Paper

    · Sketch Pad: 11” x 14” or 14” x 17”

    · Toned Sketch Pad in gray or tan (optional)

    · Bristol pad, Smooth surface: 11” x 14”

    Erasers

    · Kneaded

    · White vinyl

    · Pen style eraser (optional)

    Other

    · Xacto Knife

    · Sanding Block (optional)

    · Small and medium tortillon and blending stumps for shading

    · Ruler – Metal one that is 18” is preferred, but a 12” is okay

Patricia Meglio

Patty began taking drawing and painting lessons in the late 90s, and starting in 2003, she began studying painting with local artists, including Marc Antony Massaro in Branford, CT, Terry Oakes-Bourret in Durham, CT, and Hagop Keledjian in Putney, Vermont. She paints mostly in oil on canvas or linen or on panels. Patty’s work is modern impressionist style, mostly depicting country landscapes, seascapes, and still life. Her inspiration stems from twentieth century impressionist art, including works by Sargent, Sorolla, de Lazlo, and Boldini, and modern artists including Schmid, Hanson, Guzik, Demers, and Liberace. She draws her inspirations, as they did, from early twentieth-century architecture, the art deco and Greek classical styles of urban buildings, weather worn barns and open pastures of the country farms, and rocky and sandy beaches lined with classic New England cottages. Patty is a past participant in juried competitions for the Clinton Art Society, Madison Art Society, Artwalk for the West Hartford Art League, and the Mavis Fenner Memorial for the Rowayton Arts Center, and is a winner of the Merchant’s Prize at the Madison Art Show in 2007. She has exhibited in numerous venues throughout the state of Connecticut and New Hampshire. Her work is held in private collections throughout the country. She is a member of the Hamden Art League and the Madison Art Society.