5-Day Workshop Drawing and Painting in the Renaissance Manner

This workshop is for a limited number of serious amateurs and professionals. This workshop will focus on how painters trained in Bottegas of the High Renaissance. Michale Mentler will take you through each phase of their apprenticeship/journeyman programs. You are guaranteed to learn a great many things. The most important aspect is learning how to […]

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4-Day Drawing into painting Workshop: Heads, Faces, and Features

In this 4-day workshop Michael Mentler will go over classical mediums and substrates used in Renaissance Bottegas’. Michael will also cover in-depth head construction using the proprietary CSI proportion system and the best Aspective views. Additionally, he’ll demonstrate the construction of the eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Attendees will learn how to develop Sanguine Velatura’s; starting with dry media on linen panels and transforming drawings into paintings seamlessly. This workshop goes beyond drawing what one sees by revealing what to look for and sets forth the needed skill-sets to proceed on one’s path to mastery. Enroll today to attend this workshop on November 11-14, spaces are limited.

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