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The New Mexico Art League
3407 Juan Tabo NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111
505-293-5034

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 16554
Albuquerque, NM 87191

Painting Portraits in Oils
with Cynthia Rowland

This workshop may be full. If you would like to be on the waiting list in case of a cancellation, please contact the instructor.

Five Day Workshop May 17 - 21, 2010

9:30 am - 4:30 pm
$375

New Mexico Art League Class Registration Form

You may register online and return here to pay securely on line, or mail your payment. If you pay online, please print your receipt for your records.

Painting the portrait is a demanding process that requires careful observation along with persistent practice on the part of the student. This workshop teaches a comprehensive approach to some of the problems encounted in painting people, then offers concrete, practical concepts, advice and techniques to help you overcome the difficulties you’ll encounter with each individual person. Four models wil be provided – Older Gentleman, Mature Woman, Young Man and Young Woman.

This workshop will cover the following techniques and principals:
Posing the Model, Size and Placement
Lighting and the Five Tone Values
Capturing a Likeness with Sound Drawing
Painting the Portrait Background
Color Mixtures for Different Tones of Flesh
Tones of Shadow
Dividing the Head into Three Sections
Upper Section – Forehead, Hair and Eyes
Middle Section – Nose, Cheeks, and Ears
Lower Section – Mouth, Chin and Neck

Cynthia Rowland graduated with a degree in Fine and Graphic Arts from Texas Tech University. Off to an exhilarating and jangling dozed years in New York City, she worked with corporations and developed her own graphic design business. In 1993, Cynthia returned to NM to pursue sculpture in the medium of cast bronze which included several large scale commissions including the Dennis Chavez Memorial on Civic Plaza. For the past nine years Cynthia’s consuming focus has been in oil painting concentrating on portraiture and still-life. Taking a contemporary approach, Cynthia has been exhibiting her still-life paintings in Santa Fe for three years with much success, has been in the Albuquerque Museum’s National Miniatures Show for the past 4 years and is represented by Giacobbe-Fritz in Santa Fe.