You’re going to be creating your own portrait in the iconic style of Vincent van Gogh!

It can be a self portrait, a portrait of one of your friends or family members, or even your favorite celebrity!

The class will walk you through all the steps:

analyzing the style you will be emulating,
choosing your subject,
gathering reference images and transferring them on the canvas,
picking the color palette and mixing your colors,
and finally painting the portrait!

All you need is:

a small or medium sized canvas (or any sufficiently sturdy surface you want to paint on)
5 basic colors of oil paint (titanium white, Prussian blue, light yellow, cadmium red, Vandyke brown, or similar shades)
brown and white acrylic paint and water
a pencil
and some brushes!
(linseed oil and turpentine might be useful but they are optional for this project!)
(a printer is also optional, if you want to follow the easy way of transferring your reference)

You don’t need to be an expert in oil painting to create your own portrait inspired by Vincent van Gogh, so don’t be intimidated if you are a beginner! If you are more advanced, you can skip some of the basics.

Your finished painting will be ready to put into a frame and a great way impress your friends and family.

Take pictures of your process and the final work of art to share in your project!

Joanne Sheehy

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