My demo painting from my last oil portrait painting class

My last 7 week portrait painting wrapped up last week. My next one starts April 6th, there is still some space in the class. All the info for the next class is here.  

I paint alongside my students in these classes. I start each class with a short 30 minute demo and then help students and paint on my demo painting time allowing. By working alongside my students they get to see how my painting develops and how I solve different things in my painting.

Here are photos of my demo at the end of each week.

  

Week One. We worked on drawing, getting the contour and major form and cast shadows

Week Two. After transferring the drawing to a toned canvas we started to block in the local color using a full palette of colors

Week Three. Here we started to finish small areas by carefully observing the way light falls and wraps around forms. I managed to get the nose to eye to cheek painted.

Week Four. Conditioning to model the form

Week Five. Finished the ear and blocked in the color of the hair.

Week Six. Finished the hair.

Week Seven. Finished the sweater and finished the painting! 

Painting in progress

Here is a detail of the painting I'm working on at the moment. I'll post the finished painting when it's done!

Figure drawing classes

It's hard to believe it's already February! Time is flying by :) I'm excited about the current painting I'm working on and hope to share it with you soon.

I have two upcoming figure drawing classes.

I've decided to shake things up a little and move my Long Pose Figure Drawing Class to a Saturday afternoon starting February 22nd! I've also added one more session to the class making it a 5 week class. I love teaching this class as it fills a void in Victoria for traditional figure drawing. By having a number of session to work on your drawing, you get a chance to really delve into the drawing and the beauty of the human form.

I also have a figure drawing Block-In Class starting Thursday evening March 6th. The block-in is a very important step in drawing well, it's the foundation and core that everything is built upon. If it's built well, then it's easier to bring the drawing to life by modeling the light as it plays across the shapes and forms. By working on a new block-in each week we get better at seeing the big shapes and proportions. The more we do the better we get.

For more info about these classes visit my website

Long Pose Figure Drawing Class
Feb 22nd to March 22nd
Saturdays 2-5:30pm.
Cost $236.25, 5 weeks.

We'll be drawing with pencils on white paper for this class.

Things I'll teach in this class.

• the block-in
• tilt angles
• comparative measurement
• plumb lines
• inside block-in
• modeling form both with an optical and conceptual understanding
• Lots of demos and individual instruction!

Block-In Figure Drawing
March 6th to March 27th
Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm.
Cost $178.50, 4 Weeks

Things I'll teach in this class.

• the block-in
• tilt angles
• comparative measurement
• plumb lines
• inside block-in
• Lots of demos and individual instruction!

January Classes!

Happy Holidays!
I've organized my January teaching schedule as well as done a major  redesigning of my website, check it out here. www.noahlayne.com

For my compete teaching schedule check out my teaching website  

Long Pose Figure Drawing Class
January 14th to February 4th.
Tuesday afternoons 1-4:30pm

Portrait Drawing Class
January 23rd to February 20th
Thursday evenings 6:30-9:30pm

Figure drawing class

I'm looking forward to teaching my next long pose figure drawing class. It's the last figure class before the New Year. The class starts November 26th and runs until December 17th. Tuesday afternoons 1-4:30pm.

This is a one of my favorite classes to teach. There is a good group of dedicated students who take the class regularly. Please visit my webpage for more info. http://www.noahlayne.com/Classes.html#Drawing_class

Demo drawing from class

Portrait class

My next portrait drawing class starts next week November 14th. For more info about this class please visit my webpage here.

Portrait Study pencil and white pastel on grey paper

Sindey Fine Art Show

I'm happy to have these three paintings in the master category at the Sidney Fine Art Show, Oct 18th to 20th. More info about the show here. I'm doing a drawing demo Saturday, Oct 19th for "Meet the Artists" evening 7-9pm.

"Fragility of Life" Oil on panel 20"x24"

"Lemons, Bagged and Boxed" Oil on linen 14"x16"

"Nude with Russian Hat" Oil on panel 30"x24"