“Painting the Head: Focus on the Features”
with Patricia Watwood

August 22-26, 2022
9:30 am to 4:00 pm each day

THIS WORKSHOP has been WAITLISTED, please contact us if you would like to be on the call list for cancellations.

In this 5-day workshop, American figurative artist Patricia Watwood will teach the structures of the skull and features to help you build solid drawing into a head and shoulders portrait.  Demos on individual features, and the construction of the neck and shoulders will help you create an expressive likeness.  Students will also sketch in pencil on paper to understand individual features.  The class will have a long pose over the 5 days to develop a classical head in a layered academic approach to oil painting.  All levels welcome.

Watwood is a leading figure in the contemporary classical movement. Her subject matter is the figure, most commonly the nude, and uses allegory and mythology, often with contemporary urban settings. Her compositions unite a classical aesthetic with a modern sensibility.

Registration is $675. Full payment due at time of registration. No refund After July 29th. 
Payment can be sent via check to our studio at:
4814 Washington Blvd, Suite 322, St. Louis, MO. 63108
or you can use Zelle with our email: gacastudio.info@gmail.com

Workshops take place in the GACA’s studio, located in the Pierce Arrow Building,
4814 Washington Blvd, Suite 322, St. Louis, MO. 63108

REGISTRATION for a workshop
For more information on Patricia Watwood, please visit her website at:
http://www.patriciawatwood.com/.

Materials List
1  8x10 gessoed canvas panels or prepared paper (white tone or light grey/ tan)
1  linen canvas (acrylic or oil ground) 18x24 or 20x24
I prefer a high quality stretched linen canvas, like this:  https://www.dickblick.com/products/fredrix-pro-series-belgian-linen-canvas/

Fredrix, Centurion, Dick Blick, Masterpiece are all brands that make a stretched linen canvas.  You want a medium to fine weave for portraiture.

Any inexpensive canvas with an acrylic ground can be improved with additional coats of acrylic gesso.  

Paints:
Gamblin FastMatte Alkyd Titanium white 37 ml  (or Winsor Newton Griffin Alykd or similar Alkyd)
White (Gamblin Flake White Replacement) 
Radiant Yellow (Gamblin) or Brilliant Yellow
Yellow Ochre
Cad Red Light (Gamblin)
Burnt Sienna (M. Harding or Gamblin)
Raw Umber
Blue Black , Paynes Grey,  or Ultramarine Blue plus Ivory Black 

Brushes
2 larger bristle long filberts size 8-12 (i.e. Rosemary Ultimate Filbert, size 12)
1 Medium badger fan brush, or other soft mop/fan brush
2-3 white nylon round size 2 (round and pointy)
4 gold nylon or sable brushes in filberts (i.e. Rosemary Eclipse longer filbert size 10
I small sable or gold nylon round size 4 (i.e. Rosemary Series 99 Pure Sable size 4) (small and pointy)

Other Equipment
Palette (mine is a 10x14 to 12 x 16 wooden oval  “Feather’s Touch” handheld)
Palette knife, like Loew Cornell J-12, diamond point shape
Medium aluminum palette cup- or empty 2-4 oz. jar
Brush tank, like a Silicoil or 8 oz.  mason jar with lid--- MUST have for brush rinsing.
Paper towels and at least one painting rag (cut up old t-shirt)
Gamsol or similar odorless mineral spirits
Stand oil, Or Gamblin Galkyd medium 
2 sticks of vine charcoal, medium hardness
11 x 14 sketchbook, like Strathmore 400 series drawing pad, and 2B pencils and eraser.