Portrait Drawing Is More Than Likeness

Portrait Drawing Is More Than Likeness

Adult Classes | This program is completed

585 Park Street Naples, FL 34102 United States

Studio 200

Intermediate-Advanced

11/5/2019-12/3/2019

9:00 AM-12:00 PM on Tue

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$175.00

$125.00

Getting a likeness is one thing, but how do you make your portraits come alive? Good portraiture is not only about the sitter but the artist as well. Besides learning some tips for achieving likeness, you will explore the expressionistic side of working from a model. Gesture, lighting, and mood are important to a good portrait. We will investigate these using mostly charcoal, plus a few other drawing tools.

  • Drawing Pad 18x24 inches
  • Prismacolor Graphite Drawing Set
  • Vine Charcoal
  • Char-Kole Squares, Box of 3
  • Tortillons (blending Stomps)
  • Higgins Black Non-Waterproof Ink (optional)
  • Speedball Sketching Set (optional)
  • Winsor & Newton Bamboo Brush (optional)
  • Krylon Spray Matte Fixatif
  • ½ inch Artist Tape
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