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Hoffman Center for the Arts
594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
This workshop is designed to teach students skills that help them both find a likeness and create an energized, colorful depiction of faces and torsos.
In this workshop we will find and develop a likeness, learning what to look for and how to lay it down. We’ll go through each of the facial features. You’ll be given both demonstrations and handouts. We will learn brush handling skills that are essential when layering color: how to pick up pigment and what part of the brush to use to lay it down. We will also cover how to use your fingers, wrist, elbow, and shoulder when painting to help develop skills needed to create both loose and exacting aspects of a layered depiction.
Class will begin with a short discussion on how and what to observe. We’ll do some basic brush techniques exercises, then students will be led through a step by step exercise on how to build your subject using ,at first, a limited palette. After lunch we will begin working individually using the skills and approach already learned with further demonstrations and personalized instruction provided as needed.
Aspects to be covered;
-shape and proportions of the head, neck and shoulders
-shadow shapes and linear (detailed) aspects o f eyes, nose, lips/mouth, ears, neck and hair
-color theory of the skin
-the importance of edges (hard or soft) in creating dimensionality.
-layering color
-loose mark-making and precise mark-making and how t o layer them
-how shadows create dimensionality
-how to set off your depiction when laying down a background
About Laura:
Known for her evocative figurative paintings that explore themes of resilience, empowerment, and transformation, Laura Ross-Paul is a Northwest artist and (retired) academic with a career spanning over four decades. Her work has been showcased around the country, particularly the west coast, earning recognition for its emotional depth and social relevance. Ross-Paul uses a wide range of materials for her work including inks, watercolors and oils. For over 10 years she has been exploring the effects of these materials on stone paper. Ross-Paul spends winters in Portland and summers in Manzanita. Beginning In June, Laura’s work can be seen at the Portland Art Museum in an all women exhibit entitled Nine, which will run for six months.
Supply list below
Hoffman Center for the Arts
594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
This workshop is designed to teach students skills that help them both find a likeness and create an energized, colorful depiction of faces and torsos.
In this workshop we will find and develop a likeness, learning what to look for and how to lay it down. We’ll go through each of the facial features. You’ll be given both demonstrations and handouts. We will learn brush handling skills that are essential when layering color: how to pick up pigment and what part of the brush to use to lay it down. We will also cover how to use your fingers, wrist, elbow, and shoulder when painting to help develop skills needed to create both loose and exacting aspects of a layered depiction.
Class will begin with a short discussion on how and what to observe. We’ll do some basic brush techniques exercises, then students will be led through a step by step exercise on how to build your subject using ,at first, a limited palette. After lunch we will begin working individually using the skills and approach already learned with further demonstrations and personalized instruction provided as needed.
Aspects to be covered;
-shape and proportions of the head, neck and shoulders
-shadow shapes and linear (detailed) aspects o f eyes, nose, lips/mouth, ears, neck and hair
-color theory of the skin
-the importance of edges (hard or soft) in creating dimensionality.
-layering color
-loose mark-making and precise mark-making and how t o layer them
-how shadows create dimensionality
-how to set off your depiction when laying down a background
About Laura:
Known for her evocative figurative paintings that explore themes of resilience, empowerment, and transformation, Laura Ross-Paul is a Northwest artist and (retired) academic with a career spanning over four decades. Her work has been showcased around the country, particularly the west coast, earning recognition for its emotional depth and social relevance. Ross-Paul uses a wide range of materials for her work including inks, watercolors and oils. For over 10 years she has been exploring the effects of these materials on stone paper. Ross-Paul spends winters in Portland and summers in Manzanita. Beginning In June, Laura’s work can be seen at the Portland Art Museum in an all women exhibit entitled Nine, which will run for six months.
