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Sprafkin -- Long Pose Figure Painting Workshop

$ 60 usd
+ available add-ons
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Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM MST
Kuentz Rec Center Art Club Room
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Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM MST
Sprafkin -- Long Pose Figure Painting Workshop
10 students maximum.
Long-Pose Figure Painting Workshop
Working from a live model over an extended pose, participants will develop a single painting across multiple 20-minute sittings, allowing time to move beyond quick impressions and into a more thoughtful exploration of anatomy, gesture, proportion, composition, edge control, and atmospheric color relationships. Demonstrations and individualized feedback will address topics such as block-in strategies, value organization, color mixing, and brushwork. Open to intermediate and advanced painters. 

Oil Painters, please use Gamsol Only and keep it capped when not in use. I will demo in either Acrylic or Gouache paints. You are welcome to use your favorite medium.

Professional Artist’s Quality Paints - Stay away from student-grade paint!

Basic Colors: (Have at least these eight colors on your palette.)

  • 1. Titanium or Permanent White
  • 2. Cad Yellow Medium
  • 3. Yellow Ochre
  • 4. Cad Red Light or Medium
  • 5. Alizarin Permanent
  • 6. Burnt Sienna
  • 7. Ultramarine Blue
  • 8. Phthalo Blue

Oil Painters

  • Disposable Palette: Grey Matters or standard white disposable paper palette.
  • Gamsol Mineral Spirits ONLY!
  • Canvas: Acrylic-primed for oil and acrylic paints.
  • Oil Brushes: Hog Bristle Flats or Brights, sizes #2-12.
  • Palette Knife: Diamond-shaped, 2" in length for oil and acrylic paints.
  • Palette Cups: Two metal palette cups for oil mediums.
  • Paper towels, tissues, or rags.

Watercolor Painters

  • Watercolor block (Fluid 100 or Stonehenge)
  • Watercolor palette
  • Watercolor Brushes: Princeton Velvet Touch or Aqua Elite are excellent.
  • Water spray bottle
  • Brush Washer
  • Towels or Paper Towels

Gouache Painters

  • Gouache Palette: Small porcelain enameled Butchers Tray Palette
  • Watercolor Brushes: Princeton Velvet Touch Flat and Round Brushes.
  • Paper: Strathmore Watercolor Paper or Strathmore Mixed Media 184 lb.
  • Brush Washer
  • Water Spray Bottle
  • Towels or Paper Towels

Acrylic Painters

  • Disposable Palette: Grey Matters or standard white disposable paper palette.
  • Canvas: Acrylic-primed.
  • Acrylic Brushes: Synthetic Flats, sizes #2-12.
  • Brush Washer
  • Water Spray Bottle
  • Towels or Paper Towels

Instructors

Edward Sprafkin

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Location

Kuentz Rec Center Art Club Room

Classifications

Categories
  • Acrylic
  • Oil
  • Workshop
Age Groups
  • Adult
Levels
  • All