PORTRAIT WORKSHOP W/MARK GIANGASPERO
DATE: JUNE 19TH – 18TH, 2021
TIME: 9:30 – 4:30 PM
LOCATION: CUYAHOGA VALLEY ART CENTER
COST: $150 CVAC MEMBERS    $175 NON-CVAC MEMBERS
BEGINNER – ADVANCED: A portrait is not just a likeness.  This 2-day workshop will cover the artistic elements that make an outstanding portrait.  Design, composition, color, and pose are some of the elements that will be discussed.  This workshop is designed to take your portraiture to the next level.  Intermediate and advanced level students. Class size is limited.

STUDENT MATERIAL LIST:

Oil or acrylic set or individuals (Catans, Michaels)
White, black, yellow, red, blue, green, violet, orange and brown. (These will have other names, but won’t matter)
12 x 16 canvas board
Paper palette
Three brushes, small 1/4″ wide, medium 1/2″ wide, large 3/4″ wide
Mineral spirits
Vine or willow charcoal
Paper towels

MARK GIANGASPERO BIOGRAPHY:
Mark Giangaspero studied and taught visual arts under the late Jack Richards until Mr. Richards’ passing in 2014.  Mark has taught drawing and painting classes (in a variety of media) at CVAC over the past six years. He has shown his work in such prestigious galleries as the McDonough Museum (Youngstown State University), Viewpoints at the Cincinnati Art Club, the National Arts Club in New York and the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown where his pieces, Mr. Richardson and Portrait of Chris, are held in the Institute’s permanent collection.

Website: www.markgart.com