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Sprafkin -- Long Pose Figure Painting Workshop
$ 60 usd
+ available add-ons
Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM MST
Kuentz Rec Center Art Club Room
Dates Breakdown
Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM MST
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
Visiting Instructor
Contact us
- Sun West Art Club
- sw••••n@gma••••l.com
Location
Kuentz Rec Center Art Club Room
Classifications
Categories
- Acrylic
- Oil
- Workshop
Age Groups
- Adult
Levels
- All