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Portrait Painting

  • Beginner
  • 18 and older
  • $165
  • 4434 30th St, San Diego, CA
  • 12 hours over 4 sessions

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  • $165
  • Ashton Art Gallery @ 4434 30th St, San Diego, CA 92116
  • 12 hours over 4 sessions
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Class Description

Description

What you'll learn in this portrait class:

Prerequisite for this class is Portrait Drawing.

Painting portraits can be intimidating to say the least, but I want to show you how to let go of that fear!

Learn the fundamental elements of creating a realistic portrait in acrylic paint using reference photos and expand on what we learned in the Portrait Drawing class. We will explore a variety of techniques to arrive at the goal of an expressive portrait.

In this class, you'll learn how to:

  • Select a reference photo that will provide the best results
  • Use acrylic paints to paint a portrait you have drawn.
  • Use negative and positive space to recognize shape and dimension
  • Use light and shadow to create form
  • Choose a color palette to appropriately express the mood you wish to create.

Have fun practicing painting techniques to bring about a likeness of an individual. You will walk away with at least one finished portrait by the end of the class and established painting techniques to help you confidently create portraits on your own.

Great for beginning and intermediate level artists.

Required Materials:

  • Reference photo, either printed or on iPad
  • 12 x 12 up to 18 x 24 stretched canvas, panels, or mixed media paper (anything you want to paint on)
  • Pencil Set of 6: either 2H-6B or HB-8B
  • 1 Eraser: (e.g., General’s Large Kneaded)
  • 1 Portable Pencil Sharpener
  • 1 9x12 Sketchbook (e.g., Canson XL Mixed Media Spiral-Bound)
  • Spray Bottle
  • Color Wheel Pocket Guide
  • Containers with lids (for saving leftover paint)
  • Various size paint brushes
  • Palette knife
  • Heavy Body Acrylic Paint (recommended brand is Golden Open but any brand will work)
    • Carbon black, or mars black
    • Ultramarine blue
    • Titanium White
    • Phthalo blue (green shade)
    • Bismuth yellow, or lemon yellow
    • Cadmium yellow medium
    • Vermilion red, or cadmium red light hue
    • Quinacridone red, or cadmium red deep hue
    • Plus any other colors you already have!

Refund Policy

Cancelled Class Policy

Occasionally the school may find it necessary to cancel a course or workshop due to scheduling conflicts or instructor cancellation. If this occurs, registered students will be contacted and will be refunded the full course tuition and any additional fees.

Refund Policy

If something should come up and you are unable to attend your class/workshop, please give us business days notice prior to the start of the class/workshop for a refund less 5% cancellation fee.

After 3 business days, no refunds will be given.

Make Up Policy

Life happens and you may miss a class. You will be allowed to make up one class from the session.

Please request a “make up slip” that is active for the next 30 days. DO NOT just show up to redeem a make up slip as full classes will have NO CHOICE but to turn away the make up student if there are no available tables/space.

You may make up your class in any class that has room, it does not need to be the class that you originally took.

​Make ups are limited to one class per session.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.


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Art on 30th

The building that is now Art on 30th once housed the Morse Security Company. We have left the original mosaic logo in the lobby floor as an homage to the building’s history. The original Samuel Morse was an artist made famous by his portrait of American President John Adams. He also invented the Morse...

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