Participants will explore portrait painting and learn to capture the form and emotion of a portrait or figure with oil. Participants will learn the oil painting process, starting with a monochromatic sketch and overlaying a limited palette of mixed chromatic colors to achieve a rich, harmonious portrait that is full of life and captures a strong likeness to your subject. What You’ll Learn This class focuses on developing participants' skills in relation to anatomy, colour, tone, constructing a palette, mark making, and developing emotion and expression in oil painting. The instructor will share and discuss core artistic principles – both theoretical and practical, as tools to gain a greater understanding of portrait and figure painting, helping you develop your own practice and artistic style in a way that is true to you. Instruction Includes Helpful tips and advice about portrait painting with oil Proportion Capturing movement and emotion Form and color Tonal value range Composition Mark making Constructing a palette Media Oil paint, canvas, paper Materials Please bring your regular oil painting supplies and a few choices of canvas formats and sizes to your first class.