Anna Wakitsch Sept 30-Oct 11, 2013
Jewel-like Color for the Portrait and Figure in Oil
Course Discription
The focus of this two-week painting class is the poster study: a beautiful little tool for increasing awareness and sensitivity to the subtle interactions of light, color and vision. During the first week, Anna will discuss key color concepts while demonstrating from the model each morning. Each day after the demo, students will have painting time from the model as they are guided through a series of color study exercises. These will start out quite abstract, and increase in detail as the workshop progresses. In the second week of the workshop, Anna will demonstrate how to further expand the tecnniques of the poster study to create a small, jewel-like oil painting with sparkling facets of light and color. Students will work on one long pose that continues throughout the week. Some of the topics covered will be: the vocabulary to precisely describe and adjust color; averaging and optical mixing; how the eye and brain manipulate color information; field effects and scattered light; light on form and how to mix shading progressions; how the visual system is tuned to subtle color fluctuations in skin, and how this can help us mix luminous skintones.
Bio:
Anna Wakitsch received her B.A. in Art Theory and Practice from Northwestern University. In 2004, she began studying painting and drawing with artist Anthony Ryder, and in 2006 moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Later that year she began working as Mr. Ryder’s teaching assistant at Andreeva Portrait Academy. She then served as assistant instructor in painting and drawing at The Ryder Studio from its opening in 2007 until she returned to the Chicago area in 2011. Anna currently exhibits at Haynes Galleries in Thomaston, Maine.
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Early Registration $860.00 Due by April 30, 2013
Regular Registration $1010.00 After April 30, 2013
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