Alla Prima Figure and Portrait Painting at Shevlino studio, Wake Forest, NC
This class will be held at my home studio in Wake Forest, NC
352 N Fallsview Ln., Wake Forest, NC
Jan 28 - 31, 2027
9:00 - 4:00 with 1 hour for lunch. Price $550. includes model fee.SOLD OUT
A $100 deposit is required to reserve a space.
For registration and deposit payment, contact me: davidshevlino@icloud.com
Feb 4 - 7, 2027
9:00 - 4:00 with 1 hour for lunch. Price $550. includes model fee.
A $100 deposit is required to reserve a space.
For registration and deposit payment, contact me: davidshevlino@icloud.com
Class Description
In this workshop we’ll alternate between painting the portrait and the nude figure alla prima (wet into wet) and learn the techniques used to create a fresh, direct response to our subjects. There will be a painting demonstration and lots of class time for students to work from live models with a different pose each day. The focus will be on economy of brush strokes, simplifying the head and seeing it in terms of basic shapes and planes described by light and shadow. We’ll also talk about basic concepts like proportions, value, color mixing and paint application. This approach helps us to paint our subjects with greater understanding, expression and directness.
The class will be particularly helpful for those who want to move from a tight painting style to a looser, economical paint application.
Painting Materials:
-Brushes: long handle filberts, flats of varying sizes. Avoid soft synthetic brushes and brights. For stiff synthetics I recommend Rosemary Ivory series or Silver Brush Bristlon series.
If you have natural bristle, any good quality manufacturer will do. (Robert Simmons, Tintoretto, Silver brush, Rosemary.)
NOTE: Bring at least 2 brushes which are ¾” and 1” wide (1.9 - 2.5 centimeters)
-Medium: refined linseed oil, but not cold pressed (NO STAND OIL)
-Odorless mineral spirits for rinsing/cleaning brushes
-Rags or paper towels
- Palette AT LEAST 11 x 14 (27 x 35 cm) or bigger
-Neutrally toned gray canvas or panel: -panel/canvas size range
14 x 18 to 16 x 20 inches. (35 x 45 to 40 x 50cm) You can use Liquitex neutral gray #5
Please tone your surfaces before the class so that they are drys
Students need 1-2 canvas/panels for each day of the workshop
-Paint cups or old cans
NOTE: Bring jars or cans for your thinner at least 3” (7cm) in diameter
-Jar with lid for used paint thinner.
-Jar with lid for used paint thinner.
Oil colors:
Titanium white
Cadmium red light or equivalent
Cadmium orange or equivalent
Burnt sienna
Yellow ochre
Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine blue
Purple
Cadmium yellow light
viridian green
Azo Green- M Graham
…or Olive Green
raw umber