Mike Beeman's Using the Quick Pose to Create Character Portraits Thursday - Friday, September 11 -12, 2008 Meets: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Instructor: Mike Beeman Medium: Pastel / Oil Level: Beg - Adv Tuition: $195 + $15 model fee After clicking on Register Now, Credit card payments: use left-hand side of page. PayPal accounts, use right-hand side

Spend an intensive two day workshop learning the basics of creating innovative and exciting pastel portraits from quick pose studies. Students will be working from a live model to develop quick pose sketches that will be used to create character portraits.

Students will learn:

• How to develop an approach to drawing quick pose portraits in three to five minutes
  
• Basic portrait proportions
  
• Simple approaches in rendering the eyes, nose and mouth in pastel
  
• How to block in a portrait in with two and three values
  
• Working from live models
  
• Developing character pastel portraits from quick pose sketches
  
• Key components to look for in value mapping the portrait
  
• Critique sessions and open discussions

This workshop will assist students in obtaining a certain level of confidence in their ability to paint portraits and working with the quick pose that will improve their overall painting ability.

Supplies:

Pastels:

• 431 Steel Gray Canson Pastel Paper
• Pastels (starter sets for portraits would work fine )
• Pastel support/drawing board for 11”x 14” paper
• Kneaded eraser
• Copy Paper 11” x 17” or 8 ½” x 14”
• Carbothello Pastel Pencils Black 1400/730, Caput Martuum Red 1400/645 and Bistre 1400/635

Oils:

• Medium filburt, flat and round brushes for oil
• Transparent Oxide Red, Yellow Ochre, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, Ivory Black
• Gamsol
• Copy Paper 11” x17” or 8 ½” x 14”
• 8” x 10” canvas
• Lots of patience….free from Beemanstudios