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Announcements
MAIN ZOOM LINK - all Wednesdays & Saturdays
For weekly group reviews zoom links, check HERE
Make sure you follow the Schedule on our website and confirm your time zone for when each session begins. We have fixed the backend of the Zoom Calendar though not sure it will update automatically in everyone's calendars.
For weekly group reviews zoom links, check HERE
Make sure you follow the Schedule on our website and confirm your time zone for when each session begins. We have fixed the backend of the Zoom Calendar though not sure it will update automatically in everyone's calendars.
Announcement - 12.11th :
I can hardly believe that we are here... the time has truly flown by! The last round of Group Reviews was pretty epic - 6.5hrs both days! Big thanks to the R2020 crew Yasemin (who put together all the review presentations, and Alecia for being along for both full sessions and Stefan for joining us today! Check out the playbacks under the recordings section.
TOMORROW is our CLOSING CIRCLE!
This is our approximate schedule and we hope you will be able to join us:
12.12.2020 - (PST Time)
8am - 10am - Breath exercise with Stefan, Reflection Journey with Alecia, break out groups
& closing statements by Teachers & Mentors
10am - 10:30am - Special Guests - Allyson Grey & Alex Grey
10:30pm - 12pm - Closing Exhibition of everyone's studio and work in progress!
For the first segment have a mirror available if possible but not necessary. For the 'Closing Exhibition' we will be spotlighting each person alphabetically for about 1-2 minutes where you will be invited to show your work one at a time to the camera for everyone to see and for the record! We will be playing music throughout this segment as each person gets spotlit. If you would prefer to not be spotlit just turn off your camera :) Lets celebrate each other, dance and enjoy all the work that EVERYONE has put into this experience of Reflections 2020 🥳
See you soon! - Amanda & crew
I can hardly believe that we are here... the time has truly flown by! The last round of Group Reviews was pretty epic - 6.5hrs both days! Big thanks to the R2020 crew Yasemin (who put together all the review presentations, and Alecia for being along for both full sessions and Stefan for joining us today! Check out the playbacks under the recordings section.
TOMORROW is our CLOSING CIRCLE!
This is our approximate schedule and we hope you will be able to join us:
12.12.2020 - (PST Time)
8am - 10am - Breath exercise with Stefan, Reflection Journey with Alecia, break out groups
& closing statements by Teachers & Mentors
10am - 10:30am - Special Guests - Allyson Grey & Alex Grey
10:30pm - 12pm - Closing Exhibition of everyone's studio and work in progress!
For the first segment have a mirror available if possible but not necessary. For the 'Closing Exhibition' we will be spotlighting each person alphabetically for about 1-2 minutes where you will be invited to show your work one at a time to the camera for everyone to see and for the record! We will be playing music throughout this segment as each person gets spotlit. If you would prefer to not be spotlit just turn off your camera :) Lets celebrate each other, dance and enjoy all the work that EVERYONE has put into this experience of Reflections 2020 🥳
See you soon! - Amanda & crew
Announcement - 12.9th :
Thank you to all who were able to join us today for this special live session with the legendary Brigid Marlin, to hear about her experience learning the Mischtechnik with Ernst Fuchs over 50 years ago! The recording is posted under our recording section. After our session I asked the crew if they wanted to stay on for a presentation I put together on Visionary Portraiture and Commissions. It is basically an overview of my portrait work, and some of others, with lots of little stories woven in. The recording for this is also posted. I also offered to share the Business of Art talk I did during Transformation 2020 which is now under recordings.
I am looking forward to the last round of live reviews the next couple days and look forward to checking in with everyone that has submitted. I know many of you are not feeling ready, though remember to not push yourselves too much and that there will be plenty to be learned from everyone's work!
We are also looking forward to our closing session on Saturday and hope many of you will be able to make it :) More announcements on that coming soon! See you tomorrow ❤️🥳 - Amanda
Thank you to all who were able to join us today for this special live session with the legendary Brigid Marlin, to hear about her experience learning the Mischtechnik with Ernst Fuchs over 50 years ago! The recording is posted under our recording section. After our session I asked the crew if they wanted to stay on for a presentation I put together on Visionary Portraiture and Commissions. It is basically an overview of my portrait work, and some of others, with lots of little stories woven in. The recording for this is also posted. I also offered to share the Business of Art talk I did during Transformation 2020 which is now under recordings.
I am looking forward to the last round of live reviews the next couple days and look forward to checking in with everyone that has submitted. I know many of you are not feeling ready, though remember to not push yourselves too much and that there will be plenty to be learned from everyone's work!
We are also looking forward to our closing session on Saturday and hope many of you will be able to make it :) More announcements on that coming soon! See you tomorrow ❤️🥳 - Amanda
Announcement - 12.4th :
Tomorrow Saturday December, 5th will be a special full deep dive with my teacher Michael Fuchs. This will be his first debut teaching online! In the first segment he will give a talk on Principles in Painting by looking at a progression of art from the early renaissance. Then he will give us a tour of his studio in Austria. After our midway break he will begin a portrait painted directly in oil and after this demo he will be open for Q&A. This is a great opportunity to see into Michael's world. He is a masterful painter and teacher whom with I had the opportunity of studying for 2 years when I was 19-20. If you aren't familiar with his work, please read his biography and look at his work on his website: https://www.artistmichaelfuchs.com/home-en
GROUP REVIEW 4 :
For the final live Group Review, Amanda will be the main mentor. To accommodate all the reviews we have extended the times and dates for this epic project to be on Thursday & Friday from 9 - 1pm PDT! Submissions will be accepted till midnight Tuesday 12.8 through this FORM
Tomorrow Saturday December, 5th will be a special full deep dive with my teacher Michael Fuchs. This will be his first debut teaching online! In the first segment he will give a talk on Principles in Painting by looking at a progression of art from the early renaissance. Then he will give us a tour of his studio in Austria. After our midway break he will begin a portrait painted directly in oil and after this demo he will be open for Q&A. This is a great opportunity to see into Michael's world. He is a masterful painter and teacher whom with I had the opportunity of studying for 2 years when I was 19-20. If you aren't familiar with his work, please read his biography and look at his work on his website: https://www.artistmichaelfuchs.com/home-en
GROUP REVIEW 4 :
For the final live Group Review, Amanda will be the main mentor. To accommodate all the reviews we have extended the times and dates for this epic project to be on Thursday & Friday from 9 - 1pm PDT! Submissions will be accepted till midnight Tuesday 12.8 through this FORM
Announcement - 12.2nd :
Today the Wednesday session truly became something extensive! Lots of moving pieces that just came together as they should, and unexpected synchronicities. Stefan's offering on the Vision Train after class was a beautiful addition and apologies for not mentioning it in our last email! We kind of planned parallel though it all worked out in the end :) I will be posting the recording from Stefan's Trip today on the Train in the Recordings section.
Many thanks to Timea for joining us today and offering up all of her wisdom through her presentations 🙏
Since our big surprise guest Brigid Marlin was not able to make it today we will be finding the next best opportune time and will let you all know!
This Saturday, Michael Fuchs will be joining us for a full day rather than half day and I will be addressing acrylic direct painting and skin tones in a separate document/video like I did with the Composition presentation.
For now I am continuing to work on my 2nd whites in casein on my portrait of Rosie Phillips Davis. I will be glazing soon and will document the process for everyone.
Today the Wednesday session truly became something extensive! Lots of moving pieces that just came together as they should, and unexpected synchronicities. Stefan's offering on the Vision Train after class was a beautiful addition and apologies for not mentioning it in our last email! We kind of planned parallel though it all worked out in the end :) I will be posting the recording from Stefan's Trip today on the Train in the Recordings section.
Many thanks to Timea for joining us today and offering up all of her wisdom through her presentations 🙏
Since our big surprise guest Brigid Marlin was not able to make it today we will be finding the next best opportune time and will let you all know!
This Saturday, Michael Fuchs will be joining us for a full day rather than half day and I will be addressing acrylic direct painting and skin tones in a separate document/video like I did with the Composition presentation.
For now I am continuing to work on my 2nd whites in casein on my portrait of Rosie Phillips Davis. I will be glazing soon and will document the process for everyone.
Announcement - Nov. 29th :
Wonderful session on Saturday! The recording is posted under 'Recordings'. I hope you all are going deeper into the consideration of glazing and experimenting with the concept. There is so much to consider and so many ways that it can go. I realize it would be helpful to have more formulas of sequencing to reach certain desired results. I see all of our work contributing to the development of these formulas - through our experimentation, documentation and note taking we are building a library of knowledge that will continue to evolve the technique and approach of "Painting with Light" in the Mischtechnik and using it's concepts in acrylic.
Alecia Sacred Heart, Stefan Lucas, Toni Taylor and I are all offering individual consultations starting this coming week for those that would like to review work deeper or have their portfolio reviewed, etc. I will have limited openings till the end of the seminar as my focus is on the program, supporting and staying up with the Facebook group and keeping up with my demo paintings! I will be offering more opportunities for individual sessions after the end of the seminar.
Alecia has created a Vocabulary Document that can be valuable to have that you can find HERE
Here is a little time-lapse of me working back into darks using Raw Umber and Permanent Violet Dark, which were the colors I used for the painting in of the drawing and the Imprimatura. After feeling finished with the darks I started working with the white to finish the first underpainting:
Wonderful session on Saturday! The recording is posted under 'Recordings'. I hope you all are going deeper into the consideration of glazing and experimenting with the concept. There is so much to consider and so many ways that it can go. I realize it would be helpful to have more formulas of sequencing to reach certain desired results. I see all of our work contributing to the development of these formulas - through our experimentation, documentation and note taking we are building a library of knowledge that will continue to evolve the technique and approach of "Painting with Light" in the Mischtechnik and using it's concepts in acrylic.
Alecia Sacred Heart, Stefan Lucas, Toni Taylor and I are all offering individual consultations starting this coming week for those that would like to review work deeper or have their portfolio reviewed, etc. I will have limited openings till the end of the seminar as my focus is on the program, supporting and staying up with the Facebook group and keeping up with my demo paintings! I will be offering more opportunities for individual sessions after the end of the seminar.
Alecia has created a Vocabulary Document that can be valuable to have that you can find HERE
Here is a little time-lapse of me working back into darks using Raw Umber and Permanent Violet Dark, which were the colors I used for the painting in of the drawing and the Imprimatura. After feeling finished with the darks I started working with the white to finish the first underpainting:
Here are the results after Saturdays session of glazing in acrylic Manganese Blue of an acrylic white underpainting on a Permanent Violet Imprimatura - all in Golden Fluid Acrylics. I then started working into the 2nd underpainting with white acrylic, continuing on developing the painting and add new elements. My aim with the second underpainting is not to paint exactly what I did before but to evolve it and add to it.
Here is another time-lapse of me finishing my "surgery" and adding in some more elements before painting in skin tones glazely on Saturday:
Announcement - Nov. 27th :
The 2nd Group Reviews were so insightful and inspiring today! You can find the recordings under the Group Review section if you missed it or want to review. You can also review the other groups recordings if you like! There is so much to learn from this process:)
Tomorrow we will be going into color and glazing! I will be demonstrating on all 3 of my works in progress. The Self Portrait, my portrait of Rosie Phillips Davis and Frida. I will also be giving presentations at the beginning of each session.
The 2nd Group Reviews were so insightful and inspiring today! You can find the recordings under the Group Review section if you missed it or want to review. You can also review the other groups recordings if you like! There is so much to learn from this process:)
Tomorrow we will be going into color and glazing! I will be demonstrating on all 3 of my works in progress. The Self Portrait, my portrait of Rosie Phillips Davis and Frida. I will also be giving presentations at the beginning of each session.
- Some years ago I put together this document that I call the 'Three Fold Rhythm' which is a way to approach the concept of the Mischtechnik. You can download a PDF of it HERE
- For those of you interested in the Mischtechnik using egg tempera / casein and oil I have compiled a first version document (illustrations will come in the next version). Here you will find basic formulas and descriptions that can hopefully further illuminate the process. The rabbit hole of mediums is DEEP, this is just brushing the surface of my practices and experience with a little help from some friends ;) There will be more versions and expansions to come. Download the document HERE
- Color theory in glazing etc is to be worked on still as a document to share. For now demonstrations, presentations and self experimentation will have to do 💫
Announcement - Nov. 25th :
Today was powerful, insightful and hopefully illuminating and supportive to this journey of Reflection that we are on!
Joe Bob's talk from today is linked in our recordings section, as well as the link from his talk from Transformation 2020 which is a good precursor.
So many of these painting methods and psycho-technologies are long game plays... don't expect to get them right away as this is not the point. Be an explorer and use this foundation as a tool for deeper investigation and inquiry into this grand mystery, these teaching idea's are rare to come upon and are purposefully placed.
- Timea Tallian has offered her consent to offer everyone in Reflections 2020 access to her 2 talks on the history of the Mischtechnik and the Alchemy of Paint that were created during Transformation 2020. These are incredibly valuable resources and if you have already seen them it will be useful to revisit them again.
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Timea Tallian is an artist, art conservator, art historian and scientist specialized in Old Masters techniques and materials. After earning a MA at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and a MPhil at the Royal College of Art in London, she worked for International auction houses and museums. In 2011 she studied with Amanda Sage, Maura Holden and Andrew Gonzalez at the Visions in the Mischtechnik Seminar in Torri Superiore. Transformed through the experience she quit her old life and started on a new artistic path. Beside teaching at the Vienna Academy of Visionary Art she also worked two years as an assistant to Ernst Fuchs. http://timeatallian.com/ |
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Announcement - Nov. 21st :
What a full day today for our second Saturday session! The work has really begun now with the base layer of the Imprimatura and the beginning of the first Underpainting! I know some of you were questioning if I would now be glazing in oil on the portrait I am doing of Rosie Phillips Davis (Akil's mother!) because I also painted with casein on it! Good catch ;) A test if you were paying attention ;) I will continue with casein on this portrait and then glaze with oil. With the self portrait I will do the underpainting with white acrylic and glaze with acrylic.
I will also do time lapses and some little video's as I complete these Underpainting's the next few days.
(The recording to todays sessions is linked below under Recordings).
Homework:
What a full day today for our second Saturday session! The work has really begun now with the base layer of the Imprimatura and the beginning of the first Underpainting! I know some of you were questioning if I would now be glazing in oil on the portrait I am doing of Rosie Phillips Davis (Akil's mother!) because I also painted with casein on it! Good catch ;) A test if you were paying attention ;) I will continue with casein on this portrait and then glaze with oil. With the self portrait I will do the underpainting with white acrylic and glaze with acrylic.
I will also do time lapses and some little video's as I complete these Underpainting's the next few days.
(The recording to todays sessions is linked below under Recordings).
Homework:
- Our next session on 11.25 will be with Joe Bob Merritt. He has requested that we make available his talk from Transformation 2020 for those that were not there and for anyone to revisit in preparation for his class on Wednesday. Here is the LINK to that recording.
- Do your own Mischtechnik Cheat Sheet! Instructions below in the 'Homework' section.
- Continue exploring your compositions, imprimatura's and under-paintings and post your explorations in the Facebook Group !
Announcement - Nov. 20th :
We will be beginning our first session tomorrow at 8am PDT with a surprise special guided journey with Florence Ménard!
The focus will be on the self portrait, so if you are able to have your self portrait drawing with you that is good but not necessary :) The Journey will be about 30min and it will be good to have your sketchbook/ spell book with you to write down some notes after!
After the journey I will share a presentation on Imprimatura and Decalcomania then a demonstration with acrylic paint which you can join me on if you want. You can explore on a practice panel/ canvas during this or you can work on one of your main projects if you are ready, or you can just observe and explore on your own later.
Then we will have a break that will be around 30min.
The second session will be focused on the Underpainting in white acrylic and I will talk about casein and egg tempera. I will start with a presentation then move into a demo and offer a variety of tips and suggestions for developing the values in your underpainting. For this you could continue to explore on your practice panel or start working on your portrait or just observe and apply the practice later on your own time :)
Looking forward to our time together!!! -Amanda
Announcement - Nov. 15th :
- The recording from Saturday 11.14. is listed below under recordings!
- The Review Groups have been announced! Scroll down to find your name in either Group Red, Group Yellow or Group Blue. You will also find the Review Form Links to submit to your designated group 1 photo of a piece you have started or created this week that you would like guidance on. Each Group will be meeting in an independent call on Thursday that will be recorded and available for everyone to review after. The links to attend the Reviews will be posted soon.
- New narrated presentation on Composition & Story in Portraiture with suggestions for transferring your drawing, photo references and more available below:::
Announcement - Nov. 14th :
For those who missed our first Saturday session:
Here are a few notes to let you know what to expect and prepare:
For the first segment we will be in a workshop with Akil Apollo Davis. The first hour will be mostly a presentation. The second hour will begin with the Spiral Down Mediation that will be about 30min and you will need about 1 square meter of space to move in. Then you will be doing an 'Anchor Drawing' and recommended materials are: "the most immediate tools" - this can be pencil on paper or any art making supplies you are feeling. Whatever is easy and fast to work with. I would advise a larger piece of paper or canvas panel, and working with any of these mediums: charcoal, pencil, oil pastels, colored pencils etc.
For the second segment I will be guiding you to draw your self portrait from a mirror, and you will do the drawing of your portrait of someone else on your own (or you can choose to do that instead of the self portrait on Saturday). I will be demonstrating drawing the self portrait on toned paper with white and black charcoal from a mirror. You will want to set yourself up with good lighting to observe your self in the mirror as well as being able to see your drawing. Note for advanced students: You can never do enough of these with different light sources, expressions and angles! Check out this video that I made for the Self Portrait class a few months ago. The Materials are the same:
For those who missed our first Saturday session:
Here are a few notes to let you know what to expect and prepare:
For the first segment we will be in a workshop with Akil Apollo Davis. The first hour will be mostly a presentation. The second hour will begin with the Spiral Down Mediation that will be about 30min and you will need about 1 square meter of space to move in. Then you will be doing an 'Anchor Drawing' and recommended materials are: "the most immediate tools" - this can be pencil on paper or any art making supplies you are feeling. Whatever is easy and fast to work with. I would advise a larger piece of paper or canvas panel, and working with any of these mediums: charcoal, pencil, oil pastels, colored pencils etc.
For the second segment I will be guiding you to draw your self portrait from a mirror, and you will do the drawing of your portrait of someone else on your own (or you can choose to do that instead of the self portrait on Saturday). I will be demonstrating drawing the self portrait on toned paper with white and black charcoal from a mirror. You will want to set yourself up with good lighting to observe your self in the mirror as well as being able to see your drawing. Note for advanced students: You can never do enough of these with different light sources, expressions and angles! Check out this video that I made for the Self Portrait class a few months ago. The Materials are the same:
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Announcement - Nov. 11th :
Day 1 of Reflections 2020 on 11.11 was beautiful. So wonderful to see all your shining faces! And so much focus and dedication in the first day! It was fun to do a speed Mischtechnik in acrylic portrait of Frida Kahlo and definitely look forward to continuing it. Below are the slides of my iPad sketches on procreate that I showed before the demo of painting Frida Kahlo. Looking at proportions and the flow of form. And below that are the process photos of my demo (I forgot to take a photo of the charcoal sketch though - you can still see some of the markings I wiped away with the rag.) A good reminder to take photos of each stage of the journey for your future reference! Next steps I will take on this piece is to first revisit my drawing and proportions and look closer to see what could be improved. You can also check your proportions by downloading an app like FUSED which is a photo overlay app that you can use to overlay the original photo and your painting to see where you may be off. Or you can use photoshop etc... Photo to the right is an example of the overlay function. I lined up my painting to where it fit best which was the nose, mouth and chin. The eyes are slightly too high and the eyebrows, head and shoulders. Next I make some of these notes with charcoal (just how I began the piece). Then I will paint those changes in a mixture of my purple and red to create a dark that harmonizes. Then I will go back to the white and start the second underpainting of refining my drawing and correcting what is off. Check out the hour long video below to see me do surgery ;) |
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The 2 middle photos look quite different though the red imprimatura (background color was just one coat)!
So what are the next steps??
Watch this video to see how I make corrections in proportions and build back up the second underpainting:
So what are the next steps??
Watch this video to see how I make corrections in proportions and build back up the second underpainting:
Recordings
** To ensure that you can see all of these recordings, please be sure to update your zoom application. Zoom recommends watching these recordings on a computer, rather than a tablet or telephone, as well as using Google Chrome or Firefox web browsers.
** Zoom recordings may not display a teacher's shared presentation when used in Safari, on tablets/ cellular phones, or with an out of date Zoom application.
- Reflections 2020 - 11.11
Meeting Recording - Frida Kahlo Portrait surgery & next steps demo
- Reflections 2020 - 11.14
- 1st recording - Akil Apollo Davis - Spiral Down Meditation & Anchor Drawing
Meeting Recording - 2nd recording - Amanda Sage - Self Portrait from a Mirror
Meeting Recording
- 1st recording - Akil Apollo Davis - Spiral Down Meditation & Anchor Drawing
- Reflections 2020 - 11.18 - Toni Taylor
Meeting Recording - Composition & Transfer Video
- Reflections 2020 - 11.21 - Imprimatura & Underpainting
Meeting Recording - Reflections 2020 - 11.25 - Joe Bob Merritt
Meeting Recording - Joe Bob's Presentation from T2020 (prep for 11.25 class)
- Reflections 2020 - 11.28 - Glazing, 2nd Underpainting & Local Glazing
Meeting Recording - History of the Mischtechnik - by Timea Tallian (T2020)
- The Alchemy of Paint - by Timea Tallian (T2020)
- Reflections 2020 - 12.2 - Mischtechnik in Oil
Meeting Recording - Stefan Vision Journey on the Vision Train - 12.2
- Reflections 2020 - 12.5 - Michael Fuchs
- 1st session - Principles of Painting presentation & Studio Tour
Meeting Recording - 2nd session - Demo on painting a portrait in oil
Meeting Recording
- 1st session - Principles of Painting presentation & Studio Tour
- Reflections 2020 - 12.9
- 1st session - Brigid Marlin
Meeting Recording - 2nd session - Presentation & Talk by Amanda on Visionary Portraiture & Commissions
Meeting Recording
- 1st session - Brigid Marlin
- Business of Art Talk by Amanda from Transformation 2020
- Reflections 2020 - 12.10 - 4th Group Review pt 1
- Reflections 2020 - 12.11 - 4th Group Preview pt 2
- Reflections 2020 - 12.12 - Closing Circle
- Finishing a Painting - Talk from Transformation 2020
** To ensure that you can see all of these recordings, please be sure to update your zoom application. Zoom recommends watching these recordings on a computer, rather than a tablet or telephone, as well as using Google Chrome or Firefox web browsers.
** Zoom recordings may not display a teacher's shared presentation when used in Safari, on tablets/ cellular phones, or with an out of date Zoom application.
Weekly Review Groups
Each artist will be assigned to a group that they will stay with for the first 3 reviews.
Find your name below in one of the groups:
The final and 4th review will include feedback from all mentors.
GROUP REVIEW 4 :
For the final live Group Review, Amanda will be the main mentor. To accommodate all the reviews we have extended the times and dates for this epic project to be on Thursday & Friday from 9 - 1pm PDT! Submissions will be accepted till midnight Tuesday 12.8 through this FORM
The last Group Reviews were awesome! I just LOVED getting to see all your work and connect with many of you in person! If you'd like to follow up with the recordings they are linked under the recordings section :) - Amanda
Each artist will be assigned to a group that they will stay with for the first 3 reviews.
Find your name below in one of the groups:
The final and 4th review will include feedback from all mentors.
GROUP REVIEW 4 :
For the final live Group Review, Amanda will be the main mentor. To accommodate all the reviews we have extended the times and dates for this epic project to be on Thursday & Friday from 9 - 1pm PDT! Submissions will be accepted till midnight Tuesday 12.8 through this FORM
The last Group Reviews were awesome! I just LOVED getting to see all your work and connect with many of you in person! If you'd like to follow up with the recordings they are linked under the recordings section :) - Amanda
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Red Group
11.19.2020 - Week 1 Mentor - Amanda RED Group Zoom Recording 11.27.2020 - Week 2 Mentor - Alecia RED Group Zoom Recording 12.03.2020 - Week 3 Mentor - Stefan RED Group Zoom Recording 
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Yellow Group
11.19.2020 - Week 1 Mentor - Stefan YELLOW Group Zoom Recording 11.27.2020 - Week 2 Mentor - Amanda YELLOW Group Zoom Recording 12.03.2020 - Week 3 Mentor - Alecia YELLOW Group Zoom Recording 
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Blue Group
11.19.2020 - Week 1 Mentor - Alecia BLUE Group Zoom Recording 11.27.2020 - Week 2 Mentor - Stefan BLUE Group Zoom Recording 12.03.2020 - Week 3 Mentor - Amanda BLUE Group Zoom Recording 
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Optional Homework
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Week 2
Create your own Mischtechnik cheat sheet to study the effect of different pigments as your Imprimatura and then study the effects of different colors of glaze over a variety of values of optical grey. I would advise choosing a selection of the colors that you have (no need to get any extra ones or specific ones). Make sure you choose the most diverse selection that you have and you can use mine as an example. Step 1: Paint vertical strips of acrylic in a variety of colors, thinned down with water, achieving a nice mid-tone. This is your first coat of paint, the Imprimatura. Step 2: With white charcoal measure out your horizontal lines that will be your glazing strips. In each square draw something that you can repeat in each square that has a variety of values of optical grey, from the lightest wash to the highest white with titanium acrylic paint thinned with water. Step 3: Pick your glazing colors. Make sure they are also a good variety of the colors you have, ideally they are different from your Imprimatura colors. Remember that transparent pigments will be much better for glazing - notes on glazing below: 
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NOTES ON GLAZING
'Glazing' basically means thinning down the paint and transparently painting. When you can see through the paint this can be considered a glaze. Some will call it a wash. Opaque pigments, like cadmium yellow & red, chrome oxide green & orange and many of the earth pigments are very opaque in their nature and do not do a good job of thinning down enough to be good for glazing. Colors such as magenta, Indian yellow and manganese blue are great for glazing. The pigment is powerful and transparent.
Is a medium important when glazing?
In best case scenario it is a good idea to include a medium when creating a glaze. For acrylic this means using a transparent glazing medium such as Satin Glazing Liquid from Golden. It helps strengthen the stability of the glaze as the main paint thinner is water and once it evaporates it doesn't leave the pigment with any substantial stability. THOUGH most acrylic binders are quite strong and you can get away with glazing with just water and no extra medium.
In my live demo on 11.21, I used a Matt Medium for the Imprimatura which can give the paint more strength, grip and stability. It also offers a more rough surface rather than a slippery surface as a gloss medium does.
'Glazing' basically means thinning down the paint and transparently painting. When you can see through the paint this can be considered a glaze. Some will call it a wash. Opaque pigments, like cadmium yellow & red, chrome oxide green & orange and many of the earth pigments are very opaque in their nature and do not do a good job of thinning down enough to be good for glazing. Colors such as magenta, Indian yellow and manganese blue are great for glazing. The pigment is powerful and transparent.
Is a medium important when glazing?
In best case scenario it is a good idea to include a medium when creating a glaze. For acrylic this means using a transparent glazing medium such as Satin Glazing Liquid from Golden. It helps strengthen the stability of the glaze as the main paint thinner is water and once it evaporates it doesn't leave the pigment with any substantial stability. THOUGH most acrylic binders are quite strong and you can get away with glazing with just water and no extra medium.
In my live demo on 11.21, I used a Matt Medium for the Imprimatura which can give the paint more strength, grip and stability. It also offers a more rough surface rather than a slippery surface as a gloss medium does.
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Week 1
1. Draw a page of each in your sketch book or separate paper. Ideal would be to use toned paper with white and black charcoal to study the values. Or just pencil on paper is great too:
https://www.zbrushcentral.com/t/studio-wall-iv/265931 Here is a link to a Pinterest Album with more references. 
2. Draw a Skull on toned paper with white and black charcoal.
This is an important study to do and I recommend doing a couple drawings from various perspectives. 
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The Drawing to the left is a study of a skull that I did when I was 17 with pastel on black paper as advised by my teacher Hikaru. For more references and ideas check out my Pinterest board HERE |
Vision Train
https://www.visiontrain.org/
To get the ZOOM link for the Vision Train you need to become a member of the Non-Stop Vision Train Global Art Jam Facebook Group: VT Facebook Group link HERE
Then you will find the link to the ZOOM in the first Announcement along with group guidelines and directions.
https://www.visiontrain.org/
To get the ZOOM link for the Vision Train you need to become a member of the Non-Stop Vision Train Global Art Jam Facebook Group: VT Facebook Group link HERE
Then you will find the link to the ZOOM in the first Announcement along with group guidelines and directions.
References
Robert Beverly Hale - Artistic Anatomy - The Head and Features
Drawing the Human Head - Burne Hogarth
Dynamic Anatomy - Burne Hogarth
https://conceptartempire.com/best-portrait-face-drawing-books/
Mischtechnik as explained by Brigid Marlin
Materials of the Artist by Max Doerner
Natural Pigments - Fine artist materials made in USA
Inspirational People folder link HERE
Robert Beverly Hale - Artistic Anatomy - The Head and Features
Drawing the Human Head - Burne Hogarth
Dynamic Anatomy - Burne Hogarth
https://conceptartempire.com/best-portrait-face-drawing-books/
Mischtechnik as explained by Brigid Marlin
Materials of the Artist by Max Doerner
Natural Pigments - Fine artist materials made in USA
Inspirational People folder link HERE
Contact
For any questions, please feel free to reach out through the Facebook group or email below!
Facebook Group Link
[email protected]
For any questions, please feel free to reach out through the Facebook group or email below!
Facebook Group Link
[email protected]
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SCHEDULE
40 hrs of live classes with playbacks available for 3 months Timezone Breakdown Los Angeles PDT 8am-10am / 11pm-1pm / 10am-12pm Denver MDT 9am-11am / 12pm-2pm / 11am-1pm New York EDT 11am-1pm / 2pm-4pm / 1pm-3pm Vienna CDT 5pm-7pm / 8pm-10pm / 7pm-9pm Sydney AEDT 3am-5am/ 6am-8am / 5am-7am November 11th – Wednesday Opening Session 10am-2pm PDT Opening / presentation on portraiture & Mischtechnik exercise November 14th - Saturday 8am-10am PDT
Master Class - presentation with Toni Taylor on process 10am-12pm PDT November 19th - Thursday Group Reviews 1 10am-12pm PDT November 21st - Saturday Painting with Light 8am-10am PDT
November 25th - Wednesday Master Class - Guest talk by Joe Bob Merritt 10am-12pm PDT November 27th - Friday Group Reviews 2 10am-12pm PDT November 28th - Saturday Glazing / 2nd Darks / 2nd Lights 8am-10am PDT
December 2nd - Wednesday Mischtechnik in Oil & Egg Tempera/Casein 10am-12pm PDT December 3rd - Thursday Group Reviews 3 10am-12pm PDT December 5th - Saturday Skin Tones & Direct Painting 8am-10am PDT
Finishing the painting / Business of Commissions
December 10th - Thursday Group Reviews 4 9am-1pm PDT December 11th - Friday Group Reviews 4 9am-1pm PDT December 12th - Saturday 8am-12pm PDT Closing Circle |
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