FIGURE DRAWING + PAINTING

FIGURE DRAWING + PAINTING

Class | This program has been canceled

37 Buena Vista Road West Hartford, CT 06107 United States

Upper Schoolhouse (Brick Building)

Beginning - Intermediate

9/9/2019-11/25/2019

9:00 AM-12:00 PM EDT on Mon

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$240.00

$220.00

Description: Focusing on the human figure, students sharpen their observational skills working directly from a live model. In class, we explore and develop technical skills through principle of art such as composition, color, line, and form.

Method: The human body is a complex and expressive subject to capture. This class is directed towards giving a structured approach to painting and drawing that is modeled after the 19th century French academic style of work.

Objective: This class is to explore, experiment, and to become more familiar with the representational approach to drawing and painting. In the end, students develop a comprehension of different tools and sharpen their visual skill which can be applied to achieve personal expression.

  • There is no class on Sept. 30 or Oct. 14.
  • Suggested drawing material list
  • • One pad 18" x 24" Strathmore drawing paper, white or gray
  • • Vine charcoal pack
  • • Graphite pencils – 2H, HB, 2B, 4B
  • • Charcoal Pencil kit
  • • One 5” x 7” chamoise cloth
  • • Prismacolor 1-1/4” × 3/4” × 1/4” Kneaded eraser
  • • Stadler white eraser
  • • Masking tape
  • • Pencil sharpener or sharp blade/knife
  • Suggested painting material list:
  • Oils Standard Pallet
  • NAPLES YELLOW
  • YELLOW OCHRE
  • VENETIAN RED
  • CAD YELLOW LIGHT
  • CAD YELLOW DEEP
  • CAD RED LIGHT
  • CAD RED DEEP
  • PHTHALO BLUE
  • ULTRAMARINE BLUE
  • RAW UMBER
  • BURNT UMBER
  • ALIZARINE CRIMSON
  • IVORY BACK
  • TITANIUM WHITE (*200ml)
  • Other materials:
  • PAINT BRUSHES # 2, 4, 6, 10, and 12 (natural or synthetic hair)
  • CANVASES (9”x12”) OR LARGER
  • METAL PAINTING KNIFE (2 inches triangular tip)
  • PAINTING PALETTE (disposable)
  • TWO CONTAINERS
  • PAPER TOWELS
  • PENCIL # 2B

Tiago Finato moved to the United States from Brazil in the year 2000 to further his research in the field of painting. First trained in the 19th century French academic style, Tiago went on to earn a BFA from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and an MFA from New Mexico State University. In his work, Tiago explores the overlap between the labor of contemporary art and the labor of the working class. His current body of work narrates a scenario where the subject is caught between these two conflicting ideologies, those of a manual laborer and a fine artist. Finato has exhibited his work throughout the United States, Spain and Brazil. Tiago just had two pieces accepted in the Portrait Society of America members only competition. His portrait placed as a finalist, and his still life placed 2nd.