Painting the figure with clothes

Ricky Mujica

Ricky Mujica

Workshop Description

MARCH 5–9
Monday–Friday
6:00–9:30pm
Fee: $450
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list

This class will focus on painting the figure from life in their everyday clothes. We will be focusing on proportions and comparative measuring techniques. We will be learning an effective use of triangulation and angles as well as various tricks that will help you put down what you see. Making global and local measurements. We will learn squinting techniques for seeing and capturing values and form. We will learn about retinal painting techniques and sculptural painting techniques and when to use them. We will be talking about folds, the laws of folds, and how to make them convincing. We will also talk about how this work from life can inform the work we do from photos if we choose to work from photos. We will be discussing color, how to match it, when to deviate from the color you see, and how it relates to reality vs how it relates to your painting. Let’s have fun!

About the Instructor

Born and raised in New York City and currently living and working in Montclair, New Jersey, Ricky Mujica (aka Ricardo José Mujica) studied art at the High School of Art and Design, Parsons in Paris, and at Parsons School of Design/New School for Social Research, where he received a full Presidential Scholarship.

Mujica is an acclaimed, multidimensional painter with many awards to his credit. As a fine artist he has won many awards from acclaimed organizations such as the Portrait Society of America, the Oil Painters of America, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Lore Degenstein, the Wausau Museum, and the Museum of American Illustration. He worked for many years as a professional illustrator with such clients as Harper Collins, Harlequin Books, and Cherry 7-Up, and has painted murals for Sony and Loews Theaters.

He is a Signature Status Member of the Portrait Society of America.

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