Portraits in Oil

with David Goatley

Portrait by David Goatley

Date: July 23-27
Fee: $475

Students will explore the challenges of portraiture with one of Canada’s leading portrait painters. Over the five days, working from models, students will cover pro- portions of the head, building convincing features, the importance of tone, colour mixing and value, and techniques to help them make lively and engaging portraits in oil. David is very much a hands-on teacher, painting alongside his students and demonstrating every step of the way. Although this is intended as an oil class, acrylic painters are welcome.

Supplies

Students will need:

  • A free-standing easel
  • A palette (the largest paper tear-off palettes are good)
  • Plenty of paper towels
  • Pots for medium
  • Odourless mineral spirit – or water if you are going the water soluble route
  • The following oil or acrylic paints (I will be using oil):
    • Titanium White
    • Cadmium Yellow Pale
    • Naples Yellow
    • Yellow Ochre
    • Cadmium Red Light
    • Burnt Sienna
    • Permanent Rose or Alizarin Crimson
    • Cerulean Blue
    • Ultramarine Blue
    • Viridian Green
    • Raw Umber
    • Lamp Black
    • Terra Rosa (optional)
  • Suitable brushes – use hogs hair or synthetics – from a good small (size 2) brush up to a large brush about an inch or so across. I use a mix of brights and flats sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. A small round brush can be useful for fine detail.
  • A stick or two of willow charcoal
  • Supports (canvases, boards, etc.):
    • 4 at 16″x20″
    • 2 at 20″x24″ or larger – up to 22″ x 28″
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