Portrait Painting in Oil

Masterclass

Ben Lustenhouwer wants to share his knowledge with the painters who wants to improve themselves in Portrait painting.
If you want to join the Master Class you need already some experience on this matter. The lessons will take 5 days and the hours: every day from 10 am - 12 am, luscious French lunch, in the afternoon it will continue from 2 pm - 5 pm. The price will be 350 euro p/p. The number of participants will be limited, min. 6 and max. 10 persons.

The subjects in this Master class will be:

  • How important the knowledge of anatomy will be.
  • Photo sessions and the preparing of these photos for Photoshop.
  • The composition, and the sketching before painting.
  • Preparation of the Canvas.
  • How to compose your palette and off course a lot of attention of how to make skin colours.
  • The use of Medium.
  • the Oil Painting itself.

List of materials to bring with you:

  • Oil paint in the following colours:
    • ivory black
    • ultramarine blue
    • cerulean blue
    • veridian
    • green émeraude
    • permanent yellowish green light
    • chromium oxide green
    • alizarine crimson
    • burnt omber
    • burnt siena
    • cadmium orange
    • venetian red
    • cadmium red light
    • yellow ocre
    • raw siena
    • cadmium yellow light
    • titan white
  • Medium:
    • Medium standard drying.
    • Turpentine. No White Spirit!
    • Canvas:
      • 5 prepared neutral Canvasses of 46x38cm
    • Brushes:
      • Bristle cat's tongue nr. 6-10-14-18
      • Bristle flat nr. 6-10
      • Synthetic hair cat's tongue nr. 6-8
      • Synthetic hair flat nr. 6-8
      • Synthetic round nr. 4
    • Palett knife to mix the paint
    • Palett