The Portrait and Self-portrait Seminar

This course is mainly an intensive study of the physiognomy. Through making rapid strokes in pencil (or charcoal) students will learn how to portray the essential features of a human face, and through more elaborate drawings they will focus on details, on the effect of light and shade (“the chiaroscuro”), as well as on the psychological value of facial expression.

Colour techniques will be then taught by using either pastel or oil or also acrylic. Students will acquire good skills and abilities for painting the shades of complexion, the position of hands and the glittering of the eyes, which most of the great artists used to consider the “soul’s mirror”.

Part of the workshop can also be dedicated to the self-portrait.

The workshop is meant not only for capable students who wish to improve their style and their creativeness, but also for those people whose aim is to discover the fundamentals of the portrait and its secrets. That is why most of the time during classes every student will be tutored individually.

The course has a duration of 5 days, from Monday to Friday, for a total amount of 30 hours of tuition. Life models and copies of classical portraits will be available throughout the workshop

Course code: RIS
Language: English and Italian
Duration: 1 week
Dates:

October 26th – 30th 2009
February 22nd – 26th 2010

Total amount of hours: 30
Schedule: morning and afternoon, Monday through Friday.
Expiring date for enrollment: four weeks before the starting date.
Maximum number of students per class: 10.
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The intensive Fresco Seminar

The most peculiar quality of the fresco painting lies undoubtedly in its making: the pigment - a natural material - is laid on a fresh plaster several times in a short lapse of time, and through a cohesion process it fixes itself in the plaster, creating warm and subtle tones. The artist can make no mistakes, as correcting them would imply destroying the whole work. That is why the fresco technique is particularly difficult to learn and master.

During the workshop the students will follow the essential steps to making a fresco: for example they will learn how to prepare the "arriccio" (the preliminary layer of plaster spread on the tile), the cardboard for the sinopia and the use of the pigments.

The teacher will guide the students through the different phases of this original and ancient technique. At the end of this short but very intensive workshop, students will have acquired the necessary skills for making a fresco on their own.

The workshop will take place in our institute and will have a duration of 5 days, from Monday to Friday, for a total amount of 30 hours of tuition.

Course code: FRS
Language: English and Italian
Duration: 1 week
Dates:
November 30th - December 4th 2009
January 25th - 29th 2010
April 26th - 30th 2010
Total amount of hours: 30
Schedule: Monday through Friday, morning and afternoon.
Expiring date for enrollment: four weeks before the starting date.
Maximum number of students per class: 5.
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Combined Art workshop
Studying the technique you like...

This is an open Art workshop, which allows you to combine 2 hours of private tuition in the morning with the lessons of the group course held in the afternoon. You can decide to focus on one or two techniques during the private lessons (i.e.: sanguine and charcoal drawing, watercolour, tempera, acrylic, oil glazing, etc.) and then either continue to study them in the core class or on the contrary switch to different artistic techniques always with the help of the teacher.

This course is normally held for a week, from Monday to Thursday for a total of 5 hours and half of tuition per day (but in the morning after the end of the lesson the student can carry on his/her artworks and on Friday he/she can take advantage of our open studio), however, it is also possible to take this workshop for two or more weeks or even add more private lessons according to the student's needs.

In addition students can also demand to arrange a tailored programme on a more specific technique or a particular subject. So for your special requests please do not hesitate to contact us.

This workshop is ideal either for students who still have little practice and wish to become acquainted with the basis of the traditional Art techniques, but also for those experienced students who are determined to improve and enrich their portfolio.

Course code: CW
Language: English and Italian
Duration: 1 week
Dates: This course can be booked on any date
Total amount of hours: 8 hours private tuition + 14 hours in group
Schedule: Monday through Thursday, 2 hours in the morning and 3 and half hours in the afternoon.
Maximum number of students per class: 10.
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