Bill Karaffa is a practicing Pittsburgh-based artist who focuses on capturing the portrait in many of his works. His focus is on the technical aspects of portraiture drawing. His work has been successfully accepted into a variety of international, national and regional art exhibitions.
The first part of the workshop will develop the student’s ability to accurately draw the human head/face. The focus for the first day will be on understanding the basics of facial anatomy, proportions of a human head, facial gestures and expressions, rendering facial planes and forms, and how to capture a likeness of a sitter. The first day will utilize a variety of hand outs, and reference photography. The instructor will cover the use of photography and some of the pros/cons and adjustments necessary.
The second day of the workshop will address rendering forms under lighting conditions and will culminate in a 3 to 4 hour long pose session with a live model.
Sessions may include brief demos by the artist to show the processes being discussed.
The instructor will provide a variety of hands-on insights and suggestions to participants as they complete the various assignments.
Two day series only. $10-$15 model fee depending on number of students.
Maximum class size: 16 Minimum class size: 6
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