Master Artist Demonstration: Alla Prima Portrait Painting with Tony Ryder

Master Artist Demonstration:

Alla Prima Portrait Painting

with Tony Ryder

Saturday, August 16

10 AM - 1 PM

At the Art League Studios

3409 Juan Tabo NE

(behind the Juan Tabo Library, between Comanche and Candelaria)

Join us for a live demonstration with acclaimed portrait artist Tony Ryder, author of The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing.  Known for his synthesis of observation and painting theory, Tony will demonstrate the alla prima portrait techniques, offering insight into his methods and artistic process.

$25 for Art League Members

$30 for Non-members

About the artist. . .

Anthony Ryder studied painting and drawing with Ted Seth Jacobs in New York City and in France from 1983 to 1989. He was chosen by Mr. Jacobs to be his substitute at the New York Academy in 1985. Since then he has taught at many schools in the United States, as well as in France and the Netherlands.

In 1998, he wrote and illustrated The Artist’s Complete Guide to Figure Drawing (Watson-Guptill, 2000). His work is based on a synthesis of observation and painting theory. His teaching method combines class demonstrations with individual critiques. He opened his own school of painting and drawing, the Ryder Studio, in 2007. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife, Celeste.