Workshops

Robert Liberace
www.robertliberace.com
Drawing and Painting the Figure and Portrait
July 21 - 25, 2008
$880

In this 5-day comprehensive workshop we will explore the beauty of the human figure with an emphasis on drawing and  painting. We will focus on the fundamentals of the human form and the dynamics of movement and color. The class will study various approaches in which artists of the past used to infuse their work with movement and energy, and then execute our own artwork with the help of live models. Students will create several figure paintings or drawings in a variety of conditions both indoors and plein air if the weather cooperates. Demonstrations will be given focusing on the arrangement of the models and painting, and drawing techniques with different environments.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn from one of America’s foremost portrait artists and teachers. Rob is a contemporary classicist inspired by the old masters. He is equally gifted in painting, drawing, and sculpture. In February 2006, he was selected by The Artist's Magazine as one of their choices for the toP twenty realist artists under the age of forty. In April of 2003 Rob received the Grand Prize Award in the International Portrait Competition from the Portrait Society of America. In 2002 he won their Best of Show Award. Rob has been commissioned to do portraits for clients such as George Bush, Ambassador Sol Linowitz, and Marc Pachter, the director of the National Portrait Gallery. He is currently working on a life sized sculpture of Mother Teresa for the National Shrine.

Rob received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. at George Washington University where he was the recipient of the Morris Louis Scholarship and the National Academy of Arts and Letters Scholarship for painting. American Artist magazine honored Rob with their “Emerging Artist Award” and featured his work in their 1996 Art Master’s issue. Rob is perhaps best known for his classic and distinctive style of figure drawing. American Artist magazine highlighted Rob's drawing techniques as the cover feature in their May 2002 annual drawing issue. Rob is represented by the Arcadia Gallery in New York City and the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco.