Portrait & Figure Drawing and Painting
Portrait & Figure Drawing and Painting
Explore the human form and face through drawing and painting. Working from both live models and photograph references, you will begin by drawing both the portrait and the figure, and from rom there, you will learn how to transfer your drawing onto canvas and develop the painting. We’ll use a semidirect method that allows you to concentrate on each stage separately, resulting in stronger structure, clearer decisions, and more polished results. You will develop a stronger understanding of proportion, anatomy, gesture, value, color, and composition. This class is for intermediate and advanced students who have had some drawing and painting experience.
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Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson was born in Harlem, New York, raised in Brooklyn, NY, and is currently a resident of Millburn Township, NJ. He has worked as a professional art director and designer/illustrator for various corporations and non-profits, and as a commissioned fine arts painter who specializes in portraiture. An alumnus of Pratt Institute and The Art Students League of NY, Peterson has studied with such leading realist painters as Nelson Shanks, Max Ginsberg, and Costa Vavagiakis. A winner of the prestigious Gonzalez-Edwards Travel grant, his work appears in corporate and private collections and museums across the country.
Peterson mostly paints from life, using traditional methods and techniques while incorporating new ideas and personal observations. His preferred medium is oil, although he frequently uses many mediums. Describing his paintings as “Contemporary Realism with an Impressionistic feel,” Peterson’s artistic style is inspired by the Impressionists and the Old Masters. His approach echoes a favorite quote from Alberto Giacometti; “The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.”
His work can be viewed at his website here.
