Painting Flesh Workshop with Dorielle Caimi and Brett Andrus

Come learn the nuances of painting living skin with Dorielle Caimi and Brett Andrus. In this 6-day painting workshop, we will demo how to paint life-like human skin, while you will be completing two-three exquisite studies of your own. Images will be provided for students to choose from, as so much of the nuance of flesh tones is derived from the subtleties of blues, greens and warm tones, which all work and weave together to create the illusion of skin that is full of life.
We will be giving each student 4-6 hi-res photos of various body parts that illustrate an understanding of human skin's texture, color and composition. Each student should do 2-3 studies from these photos. These studies will be carefully and fully finished so that you can go home with a better understanding of figurative painting.
This workshop will help you master one of the most difficult aspect of figurative representational painting: skin.

When: Sept. 19-24, 2025

Time: 10-4 daily

Where: Bosky Studio
17B E Bijou St.
Colorado Springs, CO. 80903

Spaces are limited.

*Please note that refunds will not be honored after 30days prior to the start of the workshop.

SUPPLY LIST:

-IPAD or LAPTOP (some sort of screen to work from)

-2- 3 Small Panels (Suggested brand: Gessobord by Ampersand, cradled or uncradled): size: no bigger than 14x14 and no smaller than 8x8 inches. Please also have a way to transport your paintings home bearing in mind that they will be wet.

-SUGGESTED OIL PAINTS (suggested brands are in parentheses):
Titanium White (Gamblin)
Luminous Opera (Holbein Duo Aqua Oil)
Naples Orange (Gamblin)
Montserrat Orange (Williamsburg)
Luminous Yellow (Holbein Duo Aqua Oil)
Indian Yellow (any brand)
Yellow Ochre (any brand)
Terre Verte (Gamblin)
Sap Green (Gamblin
Ash Green (Charvin)
Ultramarine Blue (Gamblin)
Cobalt Blue (Winsor Newton)
Lavender (Holbein Duo Aqua Oil)
Dioxazine Purple (any brand)
Alizarin Crimson (Gamblin)
Burnt Carmine (Rembrandt)
Burnt Sienna (Gamblin)
Raw Umber (Gamblin)
Payne's Grey (Gamblin)
Peach Black (Holbein)
Transparent Red Iron Oxide (Holbein)
Imidazolone Brown (Holbein)

-SUGGESTED MEDIUMS:
*NOTE: We are a solvent-free studio.
Neo Megilp (Gamblin)
FAT Medium by Chelsea Classical Studio LINK
Linseed Oil

-SUGGESTED BRUSHES:
*You’re welcome to bring whatever brushes you have, but please try to include the following:
Three #6 (size) Synthetic soft bristle Filberts
Four #4 Filberts
Three #6 (size) Synthetic soft bristle Filberts
Four #4 Filberts
Four #2 Filberts
Six #1 Filberts
Three small Round brushes sizes 2-8
A blending mop
A #16 Flat brush
An assortment of hogs hair brushes for blending

PALETTE:
A resealable "Masterson" palette lined with glass is what I use. I recommend it because you can put it in the freezer and keep your paints workable for weeks.

PALETTE KNIVES: Small to medium palette knives, preferably metal (the plastic ones are crap)

Other Things:
Apron or paint smock/clothes
Rags/paper towels
Razor Blade: the flat kind that you use to scrape dried paint off your palette.

Winsor & Newton ARTGUARD (barrier cream)