Oil Painting for All Levels with Ricky Mujica
Class Description
Students will learn about retinal vs construction- based painting techniques and how to combine them in order to play to each of their strengths. There will be a strong focus on color and value, with an exploration of strategies for seeing and mixing color. A short discussion about color harmony will also take place. Drawing techniques such as measuring, triangulation, halving, the use of verticals and horizontals, and shape visualizations will be discussed. Squinting is a powerful tool and students will learn how to get the most out of it, including why and when to use it. Most importantly, students will learn exercises that they can take with them in order to continue practicing after the workshop is over.
About the Instructor
Born and raised in New York City and currently living and working in Montclair, New Jersey, Ricky Mujica (aka Ricardo José Mujica) studied art at the High School of Art and Design, Parsons in Paris, and at Parsons School of Design/New School for Social Research, where he received a full Presidential Scholarship.
Mujica is an acclaimed, multidimensional painter with many awards to his credit. As a fine artist he has won many awards from acclaimed organizations such as the Portrait Society of America, the Oil Painters of America, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Lore Degenstein, the Wausau Museum, and the Museum of American Illustration. He worked for many years as a professional illustrator with such clients as Harper Collins, Harlequin Books, and Cherry 7-Up, and has painted murals for Sony and Loews Theaters.
He is a Signature Status Member of the Portrait Society of America.
www.rickymujica.com (Links to an external site.) Ricky Mujica Instagram
Students will learn about retinal vs construction- based painting techniques and how to combine them in order to play to each of their strengths. There will be a strong focus on color and value, with an exploration of strategies for seeing and mixing color. A short discussion about color harmony will also take place. Drawing techniques such as measuring, triangulation, halving, the use of verticals and horizontals, and shape visualizations will be discussed. Squinting is a powerful tool and students will learn how to get the most out of it, including why and when to use it. Most importantly, students will learn exercises that they can take with them in order to continue practicing after the workshop is over.
About the Instructor
Born and raised in New York City and currently living and working in Montclair, New Jersey, Ricky Mujica (aka Ricardo José Mujica) studied art at the High School of Art and Design, Parsons in Paris, and at Parsons School of Design/New School for Social Research, where he received a full Presidential Scholarship.
Mujica is an acclaimed, multidimensional painter with many awards to his credit. As a fine artist he has won many awards from acclaimed organizations such as the Portrait Society of America, the Oil Painters of America, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Lore Degenstein, the Wausau Museum, and the Museum of American Illustration. He worked for many years as a professional illustrator with such clients as Harper Collins, Harlequin Books, and Cherry 7-Up, and has painted murals for Sony and Loews Theaters.
He is a Signature Status Member of the Portrait Society of America.
www.rickymujica.com (Links to an external site.) Ricky Mujica Instagram
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