Portrait Painting from Life
Date: May 28-May 31, 2021 (4 days)
Hours: 11:00 am to 5:15 pm
Cost: $620
Workshop Description:
In this 4 day painting retreat, participants will be exposed to a number of unique painting techniques under the guidance of Daniel Bilmes. Working with live models in a north light studio—participants will work in oil to explore and understand different strategies for painting the human form. Subject matter will include composition, color mixing, value control, glazing, mood and expression--as well as the artists analysis and interpretation. In this intensive observation, participants will explore the uniqueness of individual features and their relationship to each other as part of a coherent whole. Multiple live demonstrations as well as one-on-one critiques will cover a variety of stages in the painting process--from the initial block in, to color, texture, focal points and finishing touches.
Daniel Bilmes Bio:
Daniel Bilmes is a contemporary painter, working in Los Angeles. His approach is characterized by deep personal exploration, combining realism with elements of symbolism and abstraction. Through tactile textures and delicate expressions, his paintings weave together the magical and mundane. His work is at once hopeful and brooding. Realistic and symbolic. Somewhere between the vitality of the Russian circus and the gravitas of a Churchill speech. Daniel began his art education at the age of 8 under the tutelage of his father, the respected artist and educator, Semyon Bilmes. Being immersed in art from such an early age had a profound impact on his personal growth and creativity, laying a lasting foundation of curiosity that continues to drive and inform his work today.
Daniel Bilmes - Portrait Painting Registration
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