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Details and Links:
https://www.michelebyrne.com/workshops
4/17/2026 - 4/20/2026
Santa Fe - Adding Figures to your Work in a Natural Way
Dates & Price
4/17/2026 - 4/20/2026
$510.00
Location
Michele Byrne Studio
519 Silva Street
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
Contact Info:
Michele Byrne
MICHELEBYRNE2@GMAIL.COM
More Details
Skill level: All skill levels are welcome.
This is an INDOOR workshop
https://www.michelebyrne.com/workshop/32929/santa-fe-adding-figures-to-your-work-in-a-natural-way:
Materials used: Michele will be working in oils, acrylic is also accepted.
Overview:
Michele will show you how to add natural-looking figures to your paintings using a palette knife and/or bold brush strokes. She will also teach you how to compose your paintings using strong design, correct value, and temperature as well as paint manipulation.
You will start with a small-value Study/Thrust Map for the design and then move on to the canvas. For these studies, you will use 4”x 6” index cards and learn to create them quickly.
Then you will start your canvas with a strongly designed underpainting and then add the colors with the correct values and color chroma.
Moving on you will finish your piece with thick paint and finally learn paint manipulation to create a powerful and dramatic impressionistic painting full of life and movement.
Michele will do daily morning demonstrations followed by student work time with lots of one-on-one help.
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