Alla Prima Portraits with a Limited Palette

Dominique Medici

Dominique Medici

Workshop Description

FEBRUARY 24 – 28, 2020
Monday–Friday
9:00 am–12:30 pm
Fee: $460

Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list

The ability to see things simply and work with precision is essential for us as artists. Learning how to break down a portrait into manageable steps is a skill worth mastering and the ability to finish a study in a 3-hour period is exhilarating. This is what the practice of Alla Prima painting offers. Medici will provide frequent demos, breaking down the process into clear and consecutive steps, as well as critique and instruct each session. We will focus on 4 main aspects of a portrait, Proportion, Value, Color, and Edge. Since simplicity is one of our goals, we will be using a limited palette of only 7 colors: Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light, Quinacridone Red, Cadmium Red Light, Cobalt Teal, Ultramarine and Ivory Black. This dynamic palette helps us understand color relationships. Practicing this way helps sharpen your observation and takes your skill to a new level.

About the Instructor

Dominique Medici is a Figurative Artist specializing in Oil Painting. She studied in London and has exhibited internationally, including The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Art in Action and Christie’s Young Artist Exhibition. Medici has received awards from The Portrait Society of America, Art Renewal Center, Oil Painters of America, and Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, among others. Medici has undertaken numerous portrait commissions and her work is displayed in many private collections throughout the US and Europe. Dominique has a passion for teaching and has taught extensively, both privately and publicly.

 

 

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