- Session: April 22nd & 23rd (9am – 1pm)
- Instructor: Steve Chmilar
- Experience: All welcome
- Ages: 16+
- Cost: $160
This two-day intensive will help you with the fundamentals of portrait painting.
Steve Chmilar is one of Canada’s foremost New Contemporary painters. Since his debut show at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 2011, he has painted full-time by selling his work internationally to private collectors. In 2012, he won best in show at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibit (Canada’s largest juried exhibition) and Prix De La Meilleure Oeuvre (Prize for Best Work) Mtl en Arts in Montreal. Please view Steve’s bio in the instructors tab for more information.
Please note: We maintain small class sizes to ensure a personalized and welcoming environment. Each student will have their own table to create on in a large, well lit 900 sq ft studio with lots of natural light studio.
Steve Chmilar is one of Canada’s foremost New Contemporary painters. Since his debut show at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 2011, he has painted full-time by selling his work internationally to private collectors. In 2012, he won best in show at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibit (Canada’s largest juried exhibition) and Prix De La Meilleure Oeuvre (Prize for Best Work) Mtl en Arts in Montreal. He has been featured on HiFructose,com and John Dalton’s Gently Does it podcast. Recently, he placed as a top finalist out of thousands of international entries in two of the internets largest art competitions: the 2nd annual Jonathan LeVine projects Delusional Art Competition and the Beautiful Bizarre Magazines Art Prize.
Steve’s teaching style is patient and encouraging. “I strive to make a learning environment as relaxed as possible while giving out a lot of information. A light-hearted, low-pressure space that is full of positive energy is the best place to absorb new information and experiment”.
Supplies:
A primed painting panel that measures 11″x14″. Can be wood, canvas or canvas board.
Brushes: (same as beginner class)
-Flat or angle flat: small, medium to large or 8 to 20 or 1/4” to 1” (8mm to 24mm)
-Filbert: small to medium, 1 to 4 or 1/4” to 1/2” (8mm to 12mm)
-Round: very small to medium, 0 to 6, most importantly sizes 2 to 4.
Oil Paints:
Bring any and all that you might already have.
This painting will be done Ala Prima over two days, meaning that we want the paint to still be wet on the second day. Medium to slow drying pigments will be our main focus. These include: titanium white, ultramarine blue, any black except Mars, Cadmium Red Light (or equivalent), Cadmium Yellow Light (or equivalent), Alizarin Crimson, Indian Yellow.
Other supplies:
– Refined Linseed Oil. Any small quantity of any brand will do
– Flat mixing surface or palette of any kind. Could even be a piece of card board with palette paper on top. Flat is ideal, trays and lids are cumbersome for proper mixing.
– Palette Knife: any small trowel shaped knife is ideal
– Rags or cloths. One or two is plenty
Supplied by instructor during the first class will be as follows:
Reference Images.
Notes on technical information and theory.
