Figurative Painting from Images
12 Week Class | Registration opens 2025-07-03 12:00 PM
Unlock the expressive potential of figurative painting as you learn how to translate images into powerful works of art. This course is designed for beginners to more advanced students who wish to enhance their painting skills through a structured approach to figurative representation.
Focusing on the human form, the course will guide you in using reference images to create dynamic and expressive paintings while building confidence in your technique. You will explore key principles such as proportions, anatomy, color theory, light and shadow, and composition. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of how to work from photographs and other reference images, learning how to interpret details creatively and faithfully. Whether you're looking to paint portraits, figure studies, or full-body compositions, which can include environments and wildlife, this course will help you develop the necessary skills to bring your subject matter to life.
Prerequisites: No prior painting experience is required, though some basic understanding of drawing is helpful. This course is ideal for beginners eager to learn and more advanced artists looking to refine their figurative techniques using images as their reference.
Base Tuition: $550
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- What You Will Learn:
- Fundamentals: Explore gesture, proportion, and anatomy to build a solid foundation.
- Learn how to select and interpret photographic references for dynamic compositions.
- Color and value: Master mixing flesh tones, controlling light and shadow, and creating depth through value relationships.
- Techniques and mediums: Experiment with traditional and contemporary painting techniques in oils or acrylics, with guidance on brushwork, layering, and glazing.
- Style and expression: Develop your unique voice as you move from representational accuracy toward expressive or stylized interpretations.
-Advanced challenges: Tackle complex poses, multiple figures, and challenging lighting, while refining your composition and narrative choices.
Florian Jacot
Florian is a visual artist who has been teaching at the Toronto School of Art since 2009. As well as instructing at TSA, Jacot has been teaching figure sculpture, artistic anatomy, and figurative drawing and painting since 2004 at such schools as Max the Mutt Animation School, Artist 25 Studio, Centennial College and Sheridan College.
Jacot works traditionally in fine arts and does freelance work digitally for the film and gaming industries. His work has been exhibited on several occasions in shows and galleries. In 1999, he received an award from The Sculpture Society of Canada for two of his sculptures.
2008 Digital Animation Diploma, Centennial College, Toronto
2001 Classical Animation Diploma , Classical Figurative Drawing and Painting, ARC Accredited Atelier, Max the Mutt Animation Inc, Toronto
1999 Academy of Realist Art (Michael John Angel Studio), Toronto
1999 Art Diploma, Interdisciplinary Art Program, Art Centre of Central Technical School, Toronto
1995 Post-Secondary Diploma, Preparatory Program for Medical Careers, & aux formations, Switzerland.