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Portrait painting from Life

A Male Portrait in Oils using an Alla Prima Technique

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Painted from life at the Dulwich Art Group

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Painting the Plaster Cast

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2017-04-06 09:12:07
Student work from the portrait course at Dulwich Art Group. Next term starts in two weeks http://www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk/wednesday-evening-portraiture-with-alex-tzavaras/

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2017-03-09 11:13:19
3 stages of an Alla prima portrait in oils.

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2017-03-03 09:13:18
Cast drawing demo by tutor Alex Tzavaras using mass drawing. I keep seeing posts by other atelier students who are being told to pre-mix about 10 different tonal values. SIMPLIFY your values, 3-5 max. This demo took 6hrs to ...

Portrait Painting From Life

2017-02-22 10:56:00
12 Weeks: 19th April - 12th July 2017 Wed 7.00pm - 9.30pm Price £300 Portraiture is one of the greatest challenges an artist can face. This figurative art course will give you the tools to tackle this demanding subject, using the direct ...

Mass Drawing & Alla Prima Oil Painting

2017-02-22 09:50:48
12 weeks: 18th April - 11th July Daytime: Tues 10.00am - 4.00pm Price £450 (half day £300) Evening: Tues 7.00pm - 9.30pm Price £300 Mass Drawing is a method developed in the 19th Century that is essential for working with oil paint directly onto ...

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2017-02-13 19:55:18

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2017-02-13 19:50:24
SIMPLIFY Drawing & Painting updated their cover photo.

The Sun gets a David Hockney on its masthead

2017-02-03 11:54:55
Considered to be the UK's best living figurative artist? What do you think of this latest wonder from his prodigious ipad?"it didn't take him long". Clearly... The Sun gets a David Hockney on its mastheadBritish artist redesigns newspaper’s masthead ...

Paintings reveal early signs of cognitive decline, claims study

2016-12-30 09:22:50
I wonder what my fractal patterns are saying? Paintings reveal early signs of cognitive decline, claims studyPsychologists believe they can identify progressive changes in the work of artists who went on to develop Alzheimer’s

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2016-12-20 09:55:55

Out now! The latest portrait demo by modern master Richard Schmid Artist and Author. Produced by Scott Burdick, another amazing painter. Richard is probably the greatest source of knowledge about painting from life in the world today, I cannot ...

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2016-12-09 13:59:40
Portraits of Erol by students on the portrait course. Next term starts 11th Jan: http://www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk/wednesday-evening-portraiture-with-alex-tzavaras/

Don’t go to art school – I. M. H. O.

2016-12-08 12:47:18
If you want to draw and paint from life mainstream art school is a complete waste of time. Don’t go to art school – I. M. H. O.The traditional approach is failing us. It’s time for a change.

Mass Drawing & Alla Prima Oil Painting

2016-12-02 09:05:53
Learn traditional methods of drawing and painting from life with Alex Tzavaras www.alextzavaras.com Mass drawing is a method developed in the 19th century that is essential for working with oil paint directly onto your canvas using the wet-on-wet or “alla ...

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2016-11-21 08:43:55
Eye demonstration by Alex Tzavaras for students on the portraiture course at Dulwich Art Group. Next terms dates here http://www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk/wednesday-evening-portraiture-with-alex-tzavaras/

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2016-10-21 08:51:05
A painting of one of our new antique casts by a student on the Mass Drawing course. Dates for next terms courses are here http://bit.ly/21jvwXn

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2016-09-14 10:03:52
Students at work on Day 1 of our Mass Drawing course at Dulwich Art Group. Learning the basics of oil painting.

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2016-08-25 10:57:53
MASS DRAWING DEMONSTRATION by Alex Tzavaras Here is a A step by step demonstration of a monochrome or “grisaille” still life painting in oils in 3 hours. MASS DRAWING is an approach from the 19th & early 20th centuries used by ...

Mass Drawing & Alla Prima Painting

2016-08-05 12:35:13
We are now offering half day sessions 10:00am - 12;30pm https://www.facebook.com/events/617717541728832/ New dates from @[444652015722849:274:SIMPLIFY Drawing & Painting] for the mass drawing and oil painting course with @[525469651:2048:Alex Tzavaras]. 12 weeks 13th September – 6th December 2016 Tues 10.00am-4.00pm Price £450 (all ...

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2016-08-03 09:24:15
A few photos from the recent portrait demonstration with Alex Tzavaras at the Dulwich Art Group. Giving people a taste of what they will be learning about on our Drawing & Painting Portraits course in September. More info here: ...

Free Portrait Masterclass with Alex Tzavaras

2016-07-18 13:32:01
In advance of our new Drawing and Painting Portraits from Life course starting in September, Alex Tzavaras will be giving a demonstration of his method of painting an Alla Prima portrait from life in oils. For anyone interested in ...

Mass Drawing & Alla Prima Painting

2016-06-15 08:02:10
New dates from SIMPLIFY Drawing & Painting for the mass drawing and oil painting course with Alex Tzavaras. 12 weeks 13th September – 6th December 2016 Tues 10.00am-4.00pm Price £450 (all materials provided) Half day sessions 10.00am-12.30pm now available Price £300 Tues 7.00pm ...

Drawing & Painting Portraits

2016-06-15 06:43:56
12 weeks 14th September – 6th December 2016 Wed 7pm-9.30pm Price £300 A brand new course from Simplify Drawing & Painting. Creating a likeness of a person is one of the greatest challenges an artist can face. In this workshop ...

Russia and the Arts: The Age of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky – Exhibition

2016-04-22 07:39:44
A chance to see some work by Repin and Serov up close. Russia and the Arts: The Age of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky - Exhibition

The Next Rembrandt

2016-04-07 10:12:26
What's the point?! Maybe If they tried to trick christies with it or designed it to paint an actual sitter. But wouldn't you rather be painted by a real artist? Why do we humans make art? What do we ...

Mass Drawing & Alla Prima Painting Course

2016-04-05 08:35:10
Tonight's Mass Drawing course is sold out! If you missed this one we'll be running another evening course and an additional daytime course in September. Also stay tuned for details of our figure painting course. 10 weeks 5th April ...

Mass Drawing & Alla Prima Painting Course

2016-03-18 09:06:55
10 weeks 5th April - 7th June Tues 7.00pm - 9.30pm Price £250 (all materials provided) @Dulwich Art Group, 4 Champion Hill, London SE5 8AH An introduction to the basics of mass drawing and alla prima painting. On this course you will learn: A ...

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2016-03-17 14:02:31
The stages of an alla prima portrait using mass drawing.