Figure Utilization in Oil -
May 26-30th 2014
This workshop addresses the complexities of putting multiple figures together to create a narrative composition
This workshop will focus on putting individual figure studies together to make a well composed whole. From idea brainstorming to color finish, we will cover the basic concepts necessary for creating a multi-figure narrative composition. Lectures include the “Six Line” method of figure drawing, creating rounding studies in monochrome, scaling figures in basic one-point perspective, and modes of composition and their use in narrative picture making. The goal of the workshop is to sketch a variety of poses from the live model, practice rounding their form with a limited color palette, then using the figures to create a completed color composition by the weeks’ end. Demonstrations will accompany the lectures, and individual instruction will be given when needed.
Day One: Figure drawing – Use the “Six Line” figure approach to complete at least three usable figure drawings from life.
Day Two: Figure painting – Take the drawings from Day One and create studies from life using a limited color palette.
Day Three: Perspective and Composition – Learn how to create a ground plane in one-point perspective and scale figures in space, discuss the four basic compositional modes with examples from art history, and begin compositional thumbnails using the figures from Day One.
Day Four: Continue thumbnails to clarify a concept using one of the compositional modes, and begin finished line drawing based on a chosen thumbnail.
When he was a boy, Neilson Carlin wanted to be Catholic priest – a strange desire for one raised as a Protestant. However, adolescence brought the realization that his true calling was his other great love: painting. Neilson completed his undergraduate training at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, receiving a BFA in illustration. He concluded his formal studies privately under figure painter Michael Aviano, a pupil of the legendary instructor and illustrator Frank J. Reilly. Through Aviano, Neilson traces his instructional lineage directly to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of 19th century France. Neilson specializes in figurative and still life painting. In addition, he operates Studio Rilievo School of Classical Painting in Kennett Square, PA. Through Studio Rilievo, he is training the next generation of artists to advance the classical realist tradition.
His work has been exhibited at the Arnot Art Museum, the Arts Club of Washington, the Louise Wells Cameron Museum, The Salmagundi Club and the State Museum of Pennsylvania. In 2003, his painting “Transcendence” was awarded First Place in the Still Life category of The Artist’s Magazine’s 20th Annual National Art Competition. In 2004, his painting “Emergence” received Second Place in the Portrait category of The Artist’s Magazine’s 21st Annual National Art Competition. Both paintings were selected from over 12,000 entries nationwide. His work has been published in the Spring 2006 American Artist Drawing Magazine, Strokes of Genius: The Best of Drawing and How Did you Paint That? :100 Ways to Paint Still Life & Florals. In 2008, he was the recipient of the First Place award in the Nationwide Juried Catholic Arts Exhibition at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, PA.
After two decades in the commercial and gallery markets, a conversion to Catholicism prompted Neilson to commit his career to working for the Church. He was one of just four artists commissioned to adorn the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI. This 14-month long project culminated in the execution of four, 11’ x 4.5’ multi-figure paintings of Catholic Saints Gianna Molla, Peregrine Laziosi, Therese of Lisieux and Blessed Father Miguel Pro. Other clients include The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City, MO, Our Lady of Guadalupe Roman Catholic Church in Buckingham, PA, Epiphany Roman Catholic Church in Normal, IL, and St. Rocco’s Roman Catholic Church in Avondale, PA.
Hours: 10:45-5:00pm daily
Location: BACAA Studio 345 Quarry Rd San Carlos CA 94070
Cost: $700 Early Registration October 30th, 2014
Cost: $750 Regular Registration after October 30th 2013
Neil Carling (PDF)
Partial Payments not accepted. All registration fees are non refundable and non transferable
Terms and conditions must be signed prior to applying.
Location: BACAA Studios 345 Quarry Rd. San Carlos, CA 94070
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