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LIVE, HANDS-ON WORKSHOP:
The Five-Minute Likeness
How to capture a painterly likeness without tracing, gridding or overworking
You can get a likeness. That was never the problem.
The problem is what it costs you. A grid on every canvas. An hour on the eyes. And by the end, a portrait so tight you'd rather not hang it, even when the client loves it.
So you try to loosen up. Bigger brushes, faster strokes. The likeness slips, and you go right back to the grid.
Here's what most painters never get told: tight, overworked portraits are usually a drawing problem, even when the drawing is accurate.
• The old way: pre-draw everything in pencil, then, once you're painting, keep adding detail until the likeness feels right. The result: a tight, overworked portrait
• The new way: get the likeness first, in the first five minutes of the block-in, without pre-drawing, gridding, or using other tools like a projector or proportional divider. Then the rest of the painting is free to stay loose.
On this live workshop, you'll paint a block-in inspired by John Singer Sargent that holds a dead-on likeness without a grid. And you'll leave with a 30-day way to practice it, so you can create painterly portraits by Christmas.
This is a LIVE Workshop
Here's the time & dates:
New York (EST)
12:00PM - 3:00PM
Monday, November 9th
Los Angeles (PST)
9:00AM-12:00PM
Monday, November 9th
London (BST)
5:00PM-8:00PM
Monday, November 9th
If you can't make it live, a recording will be provided to anyone who registers.
Investment:
$97 USD
This Is a working session
You won't be taking notes for later. You'll complete every exercise live with me so by the time we log off, you already have a successful block in to show for your work.
Here's what we'll do together LIVE:
1) Choose a reference that makes a painterly likeness easy. Some references pull you tight. We'll start with one that doesn't.
2) Block in the anchors. A simple way to place the head and every feature, angle, proportion and symmetry included, in the first five minutes. Watch the clock on my screen.
3) Check your drawing while it's easy to fix, using a tool that gives you crystal-clear feedback, so there's no room for error.
4) Refine into shapes until the likeness holds, then stop, before you've mixed a single skin tone.
5) Make it automatic. Your 30-day practice loop, and when to start working from life.
I'll also walk you through:
Why your tight portraits might be a drawing problem, even when the likeness is accurate
The kind of reference that pulls you tight before you notice, and the kind that makes looseness easy
Where to place the face on your canvas so the negative space works for you
The difference between a crutch and a tool, and why measuring before you draw keeps you tight
When to check your drawing so a fix takes seconds instead of hours
How to tell your block-in is done, before you've touched color
How to ditch the grid without losing the likeness your clients pay for
The 30-day practice framework that makes this automatic by Christmas
YOU ALSO GET THE FOLLOWING BONUSES:
BONUS #1: The Five-Minute Block-In™ Cheat Sheet - Every step from the workshop, on one page, for the studio, so your future portraits always stay on track.
BONUS #2: The Painterly Portrait Practice Pack - Portrait references hand-picked by me that are ideal for practicing, the Sargent reference we'll use live, where to find more references, and how to practice from your own favorite paintings.
BONUS #3: The Reference Checklist - How to tell, in less than a minute, whether a photo or painting is right for this stage of your practice.
BONUS #4: Lifetime Access to the Recording - Can't make it live, or want to redo an exercise later? The full replay is yours forever.
Don't spend another year painting portraits that don't match your style.
LIVE, HANDS-ON PAID WORKSHOP
Nov 9 | 3 hours live on Zoom | $97 USD
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