4.1 Portrait Painting Basics

4.1 Portrait Painting Basics

Workshop - Graphics | Registration opens 5/13/2025 9:00 AM EDT

251 N Spruce St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States
Graphics Studio 2 - 206
All Levels
8/9/2025 (one day)
9:30 AM-3:30 PM EDT on Sat
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$125.00
$112.50

4.1 Portrait Painting Basics

Workshop - Graphics | Registration opens 5/13/2025 9:00 AM EDT

If you are interested to have a taste of learning portrait painting, this is the perfect workshop for you. Viktoria has well over a decade experience in teaching painting.

She developed a simple approach, which ensures that you achieve your best results, and gain the confidence to continue learning after the workshop.

All skill levels are welcome.

Each participant will receive personalized instruction, guiding them through the whole process, step by step. You will learn how to measure, sketch, mix skin colors, and paint the head to create the sense of three dimensional form. 

  • • 11X14 or 16x20 canvas – student (economy) grade is fine.

    • A few print paper and/or notebook, pen & soft graphite pencil

    • Wood palette any shape (no paper nor white plastic please) plexiglass or glass is ok

    with neutral color backing. If your wooden palette is not varnished when purchased,

    make sure to varnish it at least a few days before class, so it has time to dry, with

    waterbased polyurethane or polycrylic.

    • Small jar of linseed or safflower oil

    (for acrylic paint – slow dry medium if you are not using open acrylics)

    • Bristle brushes or synthetic brushes made for oil painting

    (Filbert #2, #4, #6 Round #0)

    for acrylic users – acrylic, synthetic brushes, Flat shape #2, #4, #8, Round #0

    • for example: Robert Simmons Signet F series, Master's Choice (Hobby Lobby)

    • Rosemary or Princeton are also good brands

    • I recommend to use professional grade paints as opposed to student grade paints for

    best results. NO color “hues” please, ie: cadmium red hue.

    • There are many good professional oil brands, here are a few examples:

    • Gamblin, Rembrandt, Old Holland, Vassari, M. Graham, Holbein, Michael Harding,

    Charvin.

    37ml size paint tubes are big enough.

    • If you use Acrylic Paints : Also make sure to buy professional artist grade paints.

    • Examples: Golden, M.Graham, Winsor&Newton Professional or Old Holland are good

    quality brands. Golden OPEN acrylics are recommended for ease of use.

    • Colors for acrylics: titanium white, ultramarine blue,cadmium yellow primrose,

    cadmium orange, cadmium red light, permanent maroon

    • Recommended Colors for oils:

    titanium white, ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow light, cadmium orange, cadmium red

    light, alizarin crimson

    • Optional, “nice to have” color: pthalo green or viridian

    • NO color “hues” please, ie: cadmium red hue. Small tubes 37 ml


    • For acrylics I recommend a slow dry medium, or drying retardant if you don't use open

    acrylics

    • Paper towel + cotton rags (old T-shirts cut up) – small pieces

    • 2 small jars or small cups for the medium and a larger jar for the brushes


    • 1 small bottle of artists' – GAMSOL (it's odorless) or Odorless Turpenoid – BLUE label

    for oil painters only , for acrylics use water


    • Palette knife - offset style, diamond shape, medium size 1.5”-2”narrow blade made

    from metal (not plastic)

    • Vinyl gloves (optional but recommended)


    Online stores for professional supplies: www.cheapjoes.com ,

    www.dickblick.com, www.utrechtart.com, www.jerrysartarama.com

Majestic, Viktoria
Viktoria Majestic

Viktoria K. Majestic is a classically trained, Hungarian-American fine artist. She grew up in a small European town, where her interest in art and nature was formed at an early age. Her work has been largely influenced by the works of Zorn, Sorolla, Sargent, Levitan and some contemporary masters. She studied art both in Europe and in the United States, and her paintings can be found in collections throughout the world. Her paintings sensibly capture light, sensations and atmosphere. She has won numerous awards with her work and has exhibited at places such as the prestigious Salmagundi Club and the National Arts Club, among many others. Currently, she is an elected member of Oil Painters of America and the American Artists Professional League, where she has served as a director on the national board for 5 years. www.viktoriamajestic.com