School Address: 1144 Walker Road, Suite D, Great Falls, VA 22066
To register, Print and complete the registration form and mail with full payment (check or credit card) to: Great Falls Foundation for the Arts, Inc., P.O. Box 1223, Great Falls, VA 22066. Questions? Contact school director Ben Cheshire, at cheshireart@gmail.com. Class size is limited. Register now.
WINTER 2012 CLASS
Portrait Painting & Drawing – Jill Banks
This course covers the basic elements of painting and drawing the portrait: composition, mood, gesture, form, structure and features. Emphasis is placed on creating sound and compelling paintings (or drawings) as well as achieving a likeness. Beginning students will work in grisaille or charcoal – concentrating on accurate values and form. Intermediate and more advanced students will learn how to paint beautiful skin tones through color studies and to place the figure in space. Supply list for drawing. Supply list for painting. If you’re planning on painting and drawing, look at both. For information on the instructor, see my blog at http://jillbanks.blogspot.com or keep looking around here: www.jillbanks.com. Model fees are extra and are to be paid directly to the instructor the first day of class. For real beginners (new to oil painting or with limited drawing experience), I suggest taking my still life painting class for a few sessions before taking this class.
9 Class Sessions - Mondays, January 16 - March 7, 10:00am-1:00pm $300 plus model fee (model fee to be paid directly to the instructor)
This class is Full. Email me if you would like to join the wait list.
WINTER 2012 CLASS
Still Life Painting in Oils – Jill Banks
Still life provides a great tool to hone skills. Students of all levels welcome. Beginners will learn the fundamentals including laying in lights/darks (grisaille), color, materials and form. More advanced students will apply skills to increasingly complex subject matter (metals, textures, water, flowers), refine color and produce finished paintings, learn to see as artists, simplify forms into abstract shapes and how to construct compositions. Some classes will concentrate on drills/exercises to get at the essence of single objects and loosen brushstrokes and style. Want to learn something in specific? Email me at jillbanks1@aol.com and we’ll work that into the instruction. Information about me can be found here (on my web site) and on my blog at http://jillbanks.blogspot.com. See my supply list.
9 Class Sessions - Tuesdays, January 17 - March 13, 10:00am-1:00pm
$300 plus materials fee (materials fee paid directly to instructor)
This class is Full. Email me if you would like to join the wait list.
Classes and Workshops
Jill Banks fine artist
“Vladimir Gribach: Face #88,” 12”h x 12”w, oil on panel by Jill Banks. Vladimir is one of the many great faces painted for Jill’s 2011 “100 Faces in 100 Days” project.
“Clown Girl and Kisses,” 20”h x 16”w, oil, ©Jill Banks 2011.
“Merry Go Round,” 30”h x 30”w, oil on linen ©Jill Banks 2011.
