Barb Benstein Portrait Steps Workshop

Barb Benstein

Portrait Steps: Portrait Painting

CHARCOAL, PENCIL
RETURNING STUDENTS: OIL/PASTELS

Friday, Saturday & Sunday

March 28, 29 & 30, 2025

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

$345

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

Portraiture Basics - Start Here!
It all starts with good drawing skills. First time students will begin in charcoal and pencil. There will be demos, lecturing, and practice exercises to give you a better understanding of how to draw the head. You’ll learn to build the structure of a variety of heads and capture different angles, head shapes, and different aged subjects. You will learn to build the structure of the head, block in with masses, mix flesh tones and develop the features in the face through a series of demos and practice exercises. More advanced students will continue on their portrait journey with
various portrait studies.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Barb Benstein’s love of art started at an early age. She specializes in detailed pastel paintings of people and pets, as well as homes and landscapes. After working as a graphic artist for 10 years, Barb began painting full-time. Painting with pastels has always been her favorite medium. She loves the vibrancy of the colors and the richness of the texture when applied to sand paper. Barb has won many awards. Her commissioned paintings hang in Germany, Japan and Canada as well as throughout the United States.

Website: www.artworkbybarb.com

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