Marc Chatov
Alla Prima Portrait & Figure Painting
oil
All Levels
Five-Day June 14-18
$550 + $40 model fee
The first day of the workshop begins with a demonstration lasting approximately three hours. The students will work from a life model all five days. During the workshop Marc walks from canvas to canvas, visiting each student in rounds. Sometimes, he will paint on the students canvases if needed to demonstrate technique during instruction. There will be demonstration painting at least twice during a five day workshop.
The basic technique Chatov utilizes in portrait instruction is as follows:
The painting is begun with a rapid gesture utilizing dry brush technique in ochre. Using Constructive drawing with ochre dry brush to mass in my subject. Working from the darks to middle tones and concentrating on the shadow shapes and their varying degrees of value. From there the shadows are further developed and background colors utilizing a directional open brushstroke.
"It is at that point my Gamma is established with color notes being brought in throughout the entire value range and areas of the painting. I enter into the middle tones and eventually the lights and highlights of the subject."
At the end of the workshop there will be a critique and students are welcome to bring other work. Please keep the critique to three canvases.
