A Weekend Portrait in Oils
This 2-day portrait class will focus on traditional copying and direct wet-into-wet (alla prima) oil painting using the Zorn palette of white, yellow, ochre, red and black.
The morning session will involve copying from selected master portrait paintings. Methods taught will focus on the Zorn palette organisation, colour, tone, light, proportion and anatomical structure. Techniques learnt in the morning session will be applied to painting from life in the afternoon.
Students will receive one to one feedback with demonstrations and discussions on principles of light, colour and form.
Materials list
A Weekend Portrait in Oils with Zarahn Southon
A basic kit of materials to get you up and going is listed here. Specialist art shops are the best
option and will provide student discounts if you mention that you are attending the school.
Recommended stores are:
• Studio Art Supplies – Crummer Road, Grey Lynn.
• The French Art Shop – Taylors Road, Morningside
• Gordon Harris – Gillies Avenue, Newmarket and Symonds Street, Auckland Central
• Takapuna Art Supplies – Takapuna
• Warehouse Stationery – has Winton oil paint
Poster Study
• A3 sized canvas pad
Portrait Study
• 1 x small to medium sized toned linen or board 350 x 300mm
• NB: you will be drawing & painting straight onto a toned ground. Please bring a canvas that has been
primed with white gesso and toned with a neutral colour wash of either, raw umber, burnt umber
or grey
• Pencils HB, B, 2B
• 3 x sticks of medium to hard willow charcoal
• 1 x piece of sandpaper used for sharpening the charcoal
• 1 x kneadable eraser
• 1 x large flat palette (no plates please)
• 1 x odourless turpentine –
• 2 x screw cap jars
• 1 x Mahl stick (*optional)
• 1 x plastic bag for tissues and rubbish
• 1 x palette knife
• 1 x plumb line or knitting needle for measuring (*optional)
• 1 x oil medium: I use a medium of Schminke stand oil, dammar varnish, and turpentine (odourless). If
you prefer, mix up your own before class or purchase pre-mixed medium
Brushes I usually use a minimum of 2 or 3 particular sized brushes at one sitting. I designate one for darks,
one for lights, or varying hues, and occasionally one clean brush used to merge brush strokes
• Round Junior Synthetic Series 303 Da Vinci range (cheap good brushes) sizes no. 3-10 is fine for
small portraits
• 2 x large Filberts either bristle or synthetic for the background (optional)
• Da Vinci 1875 NOVA Brushes - Filbert
• 2 x size 10
• 2 x size 4
Oil paint
You will be using a limited palette based upon the colour theory of Anders Zorn and will have the option
of adding more colors if required. I use a mixture of Old Holland, Schminke, Rembrandt, and Williamsburg
oil paint.
Zorn palette (essential)
• Titanium white
• Yellow ochre
• Cadmium red
• Ivory black
At Browne School of Art, we also have a selection of basic materials available for purchase:
Paper in A1 - A2 sheets, newsprint, cartridge, sugar grey, wet strength, bulldog clips, pencils
charcoal, erasers, white chalk, black ink
This list is a general guide only. The majority (though not necessarily all) of these materials
may be used as students progress. Canvases, panels and boards can be prepared fairly easily and
these need to be to your own preferred formats and sizes. If you are using oil paints please come
prepared for this with odourless turpentine and plenty of rags for cleaning up.
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Standard Booking
Online payment includes payment fee of 2.9% + NZ$0.30. Offline payment details on confirmation page.
Course ticket - for all 2 dates.
Available until Sat 1 Nov 10am
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NZ$300.00 | |
Standard Booking + $10.00 BSA Student Fund - Donation
A $10 donation will go to our BSA Student Fund - helping those who are unwaged or under financial hardship (with a Community Services Card) to attend our courses.
Course ticket - for all 2 dates.
Available until Sat 1 Nov 10am
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NZ$310.00 |
Browne School of Art
194 Great North Road
Grey Lynn
Auckland
1021