Painting the Figure With Tim Rees
Due to popular demand, we have added a second 4-Day workshop.
July 12,13,14,15 Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday
All the details are listed below.
Sign up here for the July workshop
ABOUT TIMOTHY REES
Timothy Rees paints a range of subjects and in various techniques, but is best known for his loose all prima portraits, striking life-size figure paintings, and naturalistic outdoor figure paintings of women and children. While some of his work has a narrative or a message, he says the most important thing with his paintings is to add to the inherent beauty of the world.
BIO
Timothy Rees began his pursuit of art by moving to Chicago in 2009 to paint in the open studios of the Palette and Chisel Academy. After one year he joined the staff of instructors, and soon began teaching workshops locally and abroad. In 2012 he moved to Scottsdale, where he later created and taught a classical art program for the Scottsdale Artist School. In 2017 he opened an atelier, where between 10 and 15 apprentices studied under him at any given time. In 2020 he moved to Iowa, where he paints in his downtown studio. Throughout his decade of painting he has appeared in numerous publications such as Fine Art Connoisseur, International Artist, Southwest Art, and American Art Collector. He has won various awards, including first place in Portrait Society of America’s Members only Competition, Art Renewal Center’s Gallery Award, FASO’s Bold Brush award, and People’s Choice Award in the SAS Beaux Arts Show and P&C Gold medal show. He has filmed two instructional videos with Streamline Publishing, and has created a comprehensive remote atelier training program with textbooks and 200 hours of instructional video, for those unable to attend a traditional atelier.
SEE THE WORK, and LEARN MORE ABOUT Tim Rees
CONTACT STUDIO PINTURA : (612) 801-1053 Call or Text
Workshop Details and Syllabus
Fee: $595, plus a shared model fee of $100 payable during the event.
To sign up, call or text to let us know you are coming, and pay fee here.
You can choose to pay half now and half at the workshop, or the full $595 now.
Schedule
9am-4pm All four days
The studio will be open and ready ½ hour before class starts.
Each day:
Lecture/Demo 9-11a
Student Work 11am-4pm
Lunch 12-1
We will do a group order from a local restaurant, or you can bring your own lunch.
There is a fridge, a microwave, bottled water, and tea supplies.
Day One - Brief lecture on design. Demonstration on blocking in and establishing color harmony. Demonstration on beginning of painting (head, hair, immediate surrounding, some additional area)
Day 2 - Demonstration continuing figure portion of painting. Topics include mixing flesh tones and anatomy.
Day 3 - Demonstration continuing figure portion of painting.
Day 4 - Demonstration painting background and finishing portrait. Topics include use of edges to integrate figure into background.
Materials List from Tim:
Canvas: Recommend oil primed linen. Preferred canvas is Raymar L64c, 12”x16” or a little bigger.
Paint: My palette is: Titanium White, Stack Lead White, Lemon Yellow, Yellow Lake Light (or bright), Yellow Lake Deep, Yellow Ochre, Transparent Oxide Yellow, Transparent Oxide Brown, Scarlet Red Lake, Magenta, Alizarin Crimson, Transparent oxide Red, King’s Blue, Pthalo Blue+ White, Ultramarine Blue, Ivory Black, Terre Verte. (Tim uses Michael Harding paints.)
Minimum Workshop Palette (or equivalent colors): Titanium White, Yellow Lake Light, Red Scarlet Lake, Pthalo Blue + White, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Transparent Oxide Red
Brushes: A variety of sizes of brushes, flat or filbert, in different type hairs, AND at least one very small round.
Preferred brushes:
Rosemary bristle filberts, size 1- 8;
Rosemary extra long eclipse combers, sizes 1/8”-1”;
Rosemary Master’s choice 279, size 0-8, Rosemary;
ANY very small round (pointed brush).
Miscellaneous: Odorless Mineral Spirits to clean brushes/initial painting and canister with lid to hold spirits. Linseed or Walnut oil for medium. Paper Towels. Palette.
Please bring a portable easel.
Materials available at Studio Pintura:
· Studio Pintura has Raymar L64C canvases, and all the Rosemary Brushes listed. (order at StudioPintura.com) Suggested size: 12”x16”
· We do have 5 full Rosemary “Tim Rees Sets" in stock. Check our website-
· Armando is planning to create a “paint bar” with a set of all the colors in Michael Harding Paints for those who would like to share paint, rather than buying all their own. Please email Studio Pintura if you would like to share in the paint bar!