Nuts & Bolts of Portrait Painting

Nuts & Bolts of Portrait Painting

Adult Classes | This program is completed

585 Park Street Naples, FL 34102 United States

Studio 202

Beginner-Intermediate

10/8/2019-10/29/2019

9:00 AM-12:00 PM on Tue

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$175.00

$125.00

Portrait painting can be learned by understanding how the head is “put together”. We will start with a demonstration of how to set up your palette, then working with a live model or from photographs, we will do a breakdown of the proportions of the head. We will also explore lighting and how to mix flesh tones. Each class will include some demonstration and a lot of one-on-one help, as well as tips on getting a likeness.

  • These are the minimum required materials.
  • Students may also work in acrylic or watercolor.
  • Utrecht Paint, 37ml: Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red Light Pure, Quinacridone Rose, Cobalt Blue Pure, Chromium Oxide Green, Mars Black
  • Optional Paint: Cadmium Yellow Light Pure, Venetian Red, French Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue Pure, Phthalo Blue, Viridian, Raw Umber
  • Long handle bristle brushes: sizes Flat #8, Bright #16, and Round #2 and #8
  • Optional Sable brush: Kolinsky Round #4
  • Cotton Canvas, 16x20 inches
  • Rectangular Wooden Palette, 12x16 inches
  • Liquitex Palette Knife No.12, about 3x1 inches
  • Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits, 16oz
  • Lion Silicoil Brush Cleaning Tank
Pompilius, Charles

Charles Pompilius is a figurative painter based out of both Detroit, Michigan and Naples, Florida. His paintings have been shown in exhibitions throughout the United States, including ones shown in New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Scottsdale, and Birmingham, MI. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Central Michigan University as well as a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa. In 1984, he attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture on scholarship. Pompilius has taught painting at Wayne State University, College for Creative Studies, and Edinboro University. He is the recipient of a Pollack-Krasner Award as well as the Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artist Grant. In 2011, he completed the official portrait of former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, which now hangs in the capitol rotunda in Lansing. In 2013, he painted Allan Gilmour, President Emeritus of Wayne State University. Shortly after in 2016, he completed the portrait of Congressman Fred Upton from Michigan’s sixth district. It currently hangs in the Rayburn Building in Washington, DC. Today, Pompilius is developing a series of paintings and pastels inspired by the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. In these he seeks to capture the power and enormity of sky and water. He also continues to accept portrait commissions. www.charlespompilius.com