Over the course of the week, students will learn the skills needed to build a portrait recognizable to the model being painted as well as to the other artists in the room. Beginning with drafting skills, students will progress to color mixing, elements of style, and the glazing techniques needed to portray 3-D form. Students will alternate between the use of resource photos (taken by each artist) and a live model. Those new to the genre will use graphite and oil. More experienced painters will be free to choose their preferred medium (pastel, watercolor, graphite, or oil).

Writings from the Bible, Science and Health, and other works by Mary Baker Eddy will lead us at the start of each session. This is a full-day class, limited to 6

Meet your Instructor

Marian

Marian is a retired academic who took up portrait painting and teaching in 1998. She has worked with current and late members of the Portrait Society of America, as well as a diverse group of working artists in Tennessee. Teaching art and resuming studio art commissions has always been her retirement plan. Marian is a seeker and a scholar who came to Christian Science as a life practice in 2011. Bringing the expression of art to spiritual recognition is her aim for the student and teacher alike.