Painting the Portrait in Oil with Adrian Gottlieb
Workshop | Available
Painter and portraitist, Adrian Gottlieb, offers instruction in painting the portrait, beginning with the drawing in paint, stressing composition, proportion, structure, and expression. The second day addresses blocking in the colors in order to create the big impression. On the third and fourth days, students will model the forms in order to achieve a likeness and sense of light and atmosphere.
Gottlieb will cover the canons of proportions and head construction, and will cover medium, color theory, color mixing and palette organization. Long poses are essential to the accomplishment of fully finished paintings; therefore, the model will return each day to pose in the same position while Gottlieb demos in the mornings and provides individualized help to students each afternoon.
- The workshop will meet in our 3rd floor studio.
There will be a shared model fee.
Adrian Gottlieb
Based in Urbana, Illinois, Adrian Gottlieb is best known for his figurative pieces and portraiture, both official and personal, and is also admired for an uncanny ability to integrate radiant figures into realistic landscapes. Gottlieb often works directly from the live model -- what comes off his easel are people who are luminous — many seem to glow from within. Seeking to create what he calls a “total experience,” Gottlieb’s portraits are notably insightful, bringing us closer to the sitter through a heightened awareness of that person’s humanity.
Gottlieb is a signature member of the California Art Club, and his work can be found in galleries at American Legacy Fine Art in Pasadena and T.H. Brennen Fine Art in Scottsdale.
Gottlieb has already been commissioned to paint English nobility, religious leaders, some of the world’s foremost corporate leaders, a member of the House of Representatives, the Governor of Nevada and the same figure when he served as a district judge in that state. In addition, his work is in the collections of the families of Starbucks, Midas, various hedge fund managers, and a Prince of Baharana.