Creative Story-Telling Through Portraiture: Oil Painting Intensive

In this 5-Day oil painting intensive, contemporary figurative painters, Dorielle Caimi and Shana Levenson will teach students how to paint a portrait that captures the story of the subject through narrative painting.
We will successfully create captivating representational paintings using classical and contemporary painting techniques in oils. Students will be guided technically and challenged to think metaphorically; to add to, destroy, cover, and/or remove elements in their paintings to encourage a narrative reveal in the portrait. This workshop will address the formal elements of representational painting (form, tone, value, color matching, edges, proportions, chroma, composition, etc.), but will also encourage students to cross over into the world of conceptual art using representational portraiture as a springboard.

This 5-day winter painting workshop includes lectures by Dorielle and Shana, a photo shoot for source image referencing, on-going demos by both instructors, and one-on-one guidance. All levels welcome!

More of Shana's work can be viewed at: www.shanalevenson.com

TOTAL SPOTS AVAILABLE: 12

NOTE: Supply list and list of accommodations will be emailed to participants after sign up.

LOCATION: Artisan's in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Dates: January 14 - 18, 2027

REFUND NOTES: No refund will be administered if student cancels within 30 days of start of workshop.