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Chris Saper For Love or Money: Portraiture & the Pursuit of Excellence |
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July 20, 21, 22,
23,
2010 9 am - 4 pm Members $250 Non-members $295 Level: Intermediate to Professional
Minimum: 12 |
 Mary in Blue (click to enlarge) |
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Description
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This four-day workshop is designed to provide hands-on skills necessary to paint portraits successfully. The course is focused on gaining painting skills by working from life with a special emphasis on seeing, mixing and painting color in light, and in shadow. Drawing skills and specific portrait measuring techniques will be emphasized to achieve likeness, giving students a solid plan to continue to work on improving their results. Because so many portrait painters must rely on photographs to execute portraits, I will address the specific set of skills painters need to produce excellent resource material. Included are topics of lighting and dressing the model, selection and application of various light sources, conducting the photo shoot, and how to secure the best possible printed resource material. Additionally, this workshop focuses on the challenges of becoming a successful commission portrait artist, which involves much more than just painting well. Topics include: presenting yourself and your work effectively, client relations, understanding your market, and developing your own business plan. Artists are welcome in any medium. However because my work has included significant past pastel and charcoal experience, and has evolved to exclusively oil painting, please note that I will not be well-suited to assist students working in acrylic or watercolors, in techniques in those mediums. However, the principles of likeness, color theory and photographic reference transcend any medium and you are most welcome to attend. This class is designed for the student who has strong drawing-from life skills, whether in portraits, landscape or still life. My experience has been that beginning drawing students find the format to be frustrating. I want every single student to feel thrilled with the classroom experience I can provide. Early registration is encouraged as class size is limited. If you have any questions about the class please feel free to contact via e-mail or give me a call at 602-957-8107. |
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Chris Saper’s portraits are currently held in more than 250 private and corporate collections throughout fourteen states and Canada. A member of the Palette & Chisel Academy in Chicago, the Pastel Society of America, and the American Society of Portrait Artists, Saper has exhibited at the US Senate Rotunda, The Salmagundi Club, The National Arts Club in New York City, and the American Legacy Gallery in Kansas City. Author of North Light Book’s, Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color & Light (available at Amazon.com). Saper has also been published in The Best of Portrait Painting, Artist's Magazine, American Artist, International Artist Magazine, Pastel Artist International Magazine and the Pastel Journal. Her work will also be included in North Light Books' Stokes of Genius: The Best of Portrait Drawing, to be published in the summer of 2007. Recent awards include the Portrait Society of America's 2005 Certificate of Excellence: First Place in the West Coast Society of Portrait Artists; the American Artists' Professional League's Director's Awa in New York; the International Association of Pastel Societies' Silver Medal; the Pastel Society of America's Oregon Society and Mrs. T. C. Digiovanna Awards. Chris Saper has studied with noted portraitists including Daniel Greene, Bettina Steinke, Burton Silverman, William Whitaker, Harley Brown and Phil Beck, and Dan Gerhartz. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts and a Master's Degree in Health Care Administration. She resides in Phoenix, Arizona, with her husband and children. In addition to
Chris's portrait commission schedule, she is an active public speaker/
painting demonstrator. She joined the Faculty of the Portrait
Society of America in 2005 and teaches portraiture at the Scottsdale
Artist's School. Chris writes a regular column, "Portraiture
and the Pursuit of Excellence" for John
Howard Sanden's World
of Portrait Painting. |
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