Date: Thurs, Sept 8 - Sun, Sept 11, 2022
Times: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Student prerequisites: Open to beginner and advanced painters
Cost: $575 including daily model fee
Workshop description
In this class we’ll focus on figure painting from a live model. We’ll explore techniques for creating colorful, abstract patterns with a sense of movement and energy by first making a quick underpainting in acrylic, then painting into it with oil paint.
Large brushes and a plastic scraper will be used to apply paint generously and to also scrape away to reveal the underlying acrylic underpainting. I’ll also be talking about edges and how blurring the line between the main subject and background helps in creating an abstract pattern of forms, color and dynamism.
This class will be helpful for students who have a desire to go beyond traditional representation of the figure and to move out of their comfort zone.
Supply list is provided upon sign up.
Artist Bio
David Shevlino studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (certificate ’84) and the University of Pennsylvania (BFA ’92). His work has been featured in national publications and he has exhibited his work and taught workshops throughout the U.S. He has also produced a series of videos and DVDs about his artwork and painting methods.
My exposure to art began as a teenager growing up in NJ near NYC. I began making trips to art museums in NYC when I was 15 and developed a love of traditional figurative painting. As a youth I found myself especially drawn to the old masters. Those early trips to the museum instilled in me a love of craft and a sense of where painting comes from. For most of my artistic career I’ve tried to take what I’ve learned about traditional painting and mold it into something I can call my own, which presently means exploring the place between traditional figurative painting and abstraction.