Gene Dillard: Two or Three Day Portrait Workshop, Plano, TX

2 or 3-Day Workshop 

Creating vibrant portraits…finding colors inside values

Friday, January 27, Saturday, January 28 and Sunday, January 29  9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Rail Station Studios

1013 15th Place, St. 101, Plano, TX 

In addition to our on-going practice of focusing on the basics of portrait painting (proportions, gesture, likeness, flesh tones, etc.) in this workshop we will address the challenging and exciting quest for vibrant colors within value patterns.I find that this is one of the least understood areas among aspiring and accomplished portrait painters. 

We will study the techniques of master portrait painters and learn from their methods of mastering colors inside values. Because painting figurative works is about “seeing” in special ways, we will be painting from a few different live models that will challenge what to look for in different facial and skin tone types. We’ll study techniques for seeing and using warm and cool color temperatures to create amazingly rich flesh tones. The workshop will include up to three full days of instruction and painting from these live models. 

The full 3 days is recommended in order to get full benefit from the workshop…Friday, Saturday and Sunday (from 9:00 till 4:00 each day.) However, we are offering an option of choosing any two of those days…studio space permitting.

The total workshop fee for all three days is $300. The fee for two days is $200. A refundable deposit of $100 is required to reserve a spot in the workshop. The balance can be paid prior to, or at the beginning of the workshop. 

To sign up go to: 

https://www.meetup.com/DFW-Portrait-Figurative-Workshop-Meetup/events/236199713/  

Or, just give me a call at 214-403-9171.

To conveniently pay online, go to www.dfwartworkshops.com  

Workshop outline and supply list will be provided as you sign up. If you have other questions about supplies, outline or anything, please call Gene Dillard 214-403-9171

Rail Station Studios and Gallery

214-403-9171

1013 15th Place 

Plano, Texas 75074

(Suite #101)

www.railstationstudios.com

www.legacyportraitpainters.com

Face-Off in Keller, Texas

A big THANK YOU to Gene Dillard, Ken MacFarlane and D.K. Richardson for the wonderful job they did in representing the Texas Members of the Portrait Society of America! They each participated in the Face-Off, Thursday, November 10,  at the reception for the "We the People" exhibit in Keller, Texas.

Face-Off in Keller, Texas

Ken MacFarlane

Gene Dillard and D.K. Richardson

Gene Dillard

D.K. Richardson

Ken MacFarlane

Pastel Portrait Workshop with D.K. Richardson, Oct. 3-6, 2016 ion Canyon Lake, Texas

Spotlight On Nancy Boren, Texas Top Ten 2016

 "Mamma Mia!"  oil on canvas, 30 x 20

Name: Nancy Boren
Current City: The Colony, Texas
Website/Blog: nancyboren.com

1) When and how did you first become seriously interested in Art? 

My father was a full time professional artist so I was very familiar with that life as I grew up. I majored in art in college, there was nothing else that I was interested in.

2) What is your training, and what medium(s) / subject matter do you work in? 
I have a BFA and have attended workshops by wonderful artists including Dan Gerhartz, Ned Jacob, Milt Kobayashi, Carolyn Anderson and Casey Baugh. I work primarily in oil, but enjoy printmaking (monotype, collagraph, and block printing) from time to time.

3) What do you try to express in your work? 

I try to express what I find intriguing and beautiful.

4) What artists/professionals have been your biggest influences? 
My father, and I greatly admire Sorolla, many Russian painters like Fechin and Akhipov, Sargent, the Taos Founders, and too many modern painters to name.

5) What do you do to gain new inspiration for your work? 

Inspiration comes from different places. Often when I need a painting for a competition or deadline and I am driving in the car, I let my brain start working on it and I think of things I want to paint. Sometimes I see something extraordinary and build a painting around that element. It is really helpful to go places I have never been and be exposed to new visual images.

6) What would you like to be doing with your art ten years from now? 

In 10 years I would like to have done paintings I have not even imagined at this time.

7) Do you set goals for yourself concerning the making of your art?

A few: more acceptances in shows I want to be in, doing larger plein air pieces, just painting better and better paintings.

8) Are you happy with your job choice as an artist? Do you have any regrets in this career choice or things you would have done differently?
Yes, I am happy. I have been blessed with a wonderful husband who has a great job, so I have not had crushing financial responsibilities to overcome while trying to paint.

9) Any fun or interesting facts about yourself that you'd like to share?
I was one of 5 finalists in the design competition for the Texas quarter. I had never before designed a coin or anything round for that matter and got to go to a party at the governor’s mansion at the quarter launch.

10) Best piece of advice for other artists?

Advice — do it because you love it.