2019

Summer 2019 classes & workshops

WEEKLY CLASSES

SATURDAY MORNINGS

Portrait Painting (Summer 2019) (new location: Studio Thibodeaux)

This class teaches the fundamentals of painting the head in oil. Students will paint the model from life in four sessions. Beginning with a toned canvas, students will execute a careful drawing and subsequently build up the structure of the head from darks to lights. Emphasis is on understanding the structure of the head and learning to mix colors to create realistic and harmonious flesh tones. The class will begin with a demonstration of the alla prima technique, used by John Singer Sargent and handed down through generations of atelier painters and teachers.

Previous experience in drawing and painting preferred but not required.

Instructor: Sarah Griffin Thibodeaux

Location: New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts

5256 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70117

Number of Classes: 8

2019 Dates: June 22, 29, July 6, (no class July 13), 20, 27, August 3

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Cost:$342 due in full upon registration.

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Fall 2019 classes & workshops

WEEKLY CLASSES

SATURDAY MORNINGS

Portrait Painting (Spring 2020) (location: New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts)

This class teaches the fundamentals of painting the head in oil. Students will paint the model from life in four sessions. Beginning with a toned canvas, students will execute a careful drawing and subsequently build up the structure of the head from darks to lights. Emphasis is on understanding the structure of the head and learning to mix colors to create realistic and harmonious flesh tones. The class will begin with a demonstration of the alla prima technique, used by John Singer Sargent and handed down through generations of atelier painters and teachers.

Previous experience in drawing and painting preferred but not required.

Instructor: Sarah Griffin Thibodeaux

Location: New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts

5256 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

Number of Classes: 8

2020 Dates: January 18, 25, February 1, 8, (closed February 15 and 22), February 29, March 7 (new model), 14, 21, 28, April 4 (new model), (closed April 11), April 18, 25

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Cost:$600 due in full upon registration.

Call 504 899-8111 to register.