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Intermediate Portraits in Oil Alla Prima

with artist & tutor Jason M Bentley Fridays 1.30 - 4.30pm

Starts 25 Sept
580 British pounds
Great King Street

Available spots

Service Description

All Materials Provided to a value of £100 per student. No Class 27th November No Class 19th February Students must bring a set of their own brushes This course is designed to stylistically expand upon your fundamental knowledge of painting the portrait. Once the indirect process becomes familiar, you can implement the tools needed to stack and blend colour on the canvas in a single sitting (Alla Prima), or carry the style into as few sittings as possible. Ultimately, this becomes a course in paint handling and brush applications that give evidence of indirect (layered) form building knowledge, but in a more direct manor. This approach to oil painting leaves most artists exhilarated from the complete immersion required. Imagine a Wimbledon tennis match! This is it but in paint form!... fast, dynamic and concentrated. Notable artists associated with Alla Prima: Richard Schmidt, and Frans Hals. Demonstrations will be made where appropriate. Each session will have activities that strengthen confidence in edge control and colour/value relationships. Small head studies will be made as a tool to carry forward into larger, more developed paintings from the model. Course Structure Alla Prima - is 8 weeks long in accordance with our 8 week terms I have adjusted accordingly Week 1 | Full Demo from Jason (with live portrait 1) Weeks 2-3 | Student work on live portrait 1 Weeks 4-5 | Student work on live portrait 2 Week 6 | Student work on live portrait 3 Week 7 | Student work on live portrait 4 Week 8 | Student work on live portrait 4 then show and tell last half Brushes: Rosemary & Co E.D.S. Brush Set: https://www.rosemaryandco.com/edinburgh-drawing-school-oil-set + Hog bristles (filberts) sizes 2, 4, and 6 (2 of each) Sable or Synthetic Hybrid (filberts) sizes 2, 4, and 6 (2 of each) 1 Fan brush (Sable or synthetic hybrid) Paint sets and Panels provided by the school to each student to a value of £100 per student: Titanium White Cadmium Yellow Light Yellow Ochre Cadmium Red Light Cobalt blue Raw Umber Transparent Oxide Red Ivory Black

Upcoming Sessions

Cancellation Policy

We will provide a 50% refund if you give written advance notice up to 30 days before the course start date. 0% refund 30 days before a course starts. Please note there is an administration fee of £5 payable in respect of such refunds to cover payment processing fees. You will need to inform a member of administration staff in writing by emailing EDS at info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk. Additionally, if you withdraw for any reason after the course has started you will not be entitled to a refund. We are a small business and we depend on every booking to ensure that classes can go ahead. If a tutor has to withdraw from teaching the scheduled course for any reason (medical/personal/professional) before the start of a scheduled course, during a scheduled course, if the course is 8 weeks long or scheduled as x3 terms of 8 weeks long each, The Edinburgh Drawing School will find a replacement tutor for the course designed by that tutor for The Edinburgh Drawing School. The course content will be the same as the originally booked course. A student will not be entitled to a refund should the school have no option but to find a replacement tutor. If a tutor leaves and starts work elsewhere, and a student prefers to take classes with them personally at the tutor's new workplace, that is at the discretion of the student and no refund is entitled to them or will be given. If a student is unable to attend a class due to medical/personal/professional reasons, then EDS must be informed immediately so that the tutor can be notified. If you are missing a class because you suspect that you have developed Covid-19, please let us know immediately so that we can alert fellow student and tutors. Non-attendance of classes/workshops does not automatically mean a refund, however EDS will assess the circumstance If a tutor cannot teach a class due to illness, the scheduled class will be covered by another tutor or the class will be postponed and rescheduled for the following week at the same time on the same day of the week. Make up classes are scheduled during the half term week, or in the week following the end of term. E.D.S. runs make up classes in 1/2 term or during an additional week at the end of term. If classes cannot take place in the studios for any reason at 13 or 13a Great King Street, they will an in alternative venue. Thus, the business always completes it's contractual obligations to booked students. If a student cannot attend a make up class, no refund is due.

Contact Details

  • 13A Great King Street, Edinburgh, UK

    + 0131 556 0971

    info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk

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