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• What: 12 sessions to work on a single painting to submit for the 2018 BP National Portrait Gallery Award.
  
• Where: Art Works Studio and Classroom, 660 N Larchmont Blvd. Los Angeles.
• When: see schedule below for details.
  

It's that time of the year. The National Portrait Gallery in London just opened its next open call. This opportunity inspires thousands of artists around the world to create their best work, making it the most prestigious portrait contest in the world.

Some of us were among the 2,580 artists who entered the contest last year, and this year we're doing it again. This is always an opportunity to improve and grow our practice, and a chance to create a painting that's more developed and elevated that the rest of our work.

We're opening a 6-WEEK workshop consisting of 12 sessions, hosted at Art Works Studio, starting December 5th. The painting workshop is open to painters who want to apply to the 2018 BP Portrait Award. We will be working on a single painting for the duration of the workshop. You can attend one session or all of them, it's up to you and your schedule.

Requirements:

• Being familiar with oil paint (having painted with it at least once).
  
• Painting surface (canvas or panel) is not included. Rest of materials are included. See FAQ below for size recommendations.
  

For this portrait workshop we have put together a special all-inclusive package that covers the following:

• 12 painting sessions at Art Works Studio (working on the same painting).
• Getting your final painting professionally photographed at Art Works Fine Publishing. We will take your work and bring it back after being photographed.
• Get the right file format for submission.
• Covering the submission cost. We will submit it for you.
• Covering the cost of the special edition catalog.
• Including your submission in an art show (TBD).

You can buy single sessions for this workshop through this page or use your Painting Pack codes to book. The sessions are not continuous and you don't need to attend all of them. But they are meant to be cumulative: the more sessions you can attend, the more your painting will develop.

You don't need to attend the workshop to submit. Here are ALL THE DETAILS. Photography costs and submission alone amount for $100.

Painting support is not included in the workshop. We recommend gessoed wood panels. The rest of the materials are included.

Studio Painting Dates:

1. Session 1, Tuesday, December 5: subject selection, sketch studies.
   
2. Session 2,Thursday, December 7: sketch on support, first wash.
   
3. Session 3, Tuesday, December 12: introduction to neutral palette.
   
4. Session 4, Thursday, December 14: introducing 1st primary+complementary.
   
5. Session 5, Tuesday, December 19: introducing 2nd primary+complementary.
   
6. Session 6, Thursday, December 21: introducing 3rd primary+complementary.
   
7. Session 7, Thursday, December 28: working on eyes.
8. Session 8, Tuesday, January 2: working on nose.
9. Session 9, Thursday, January 4: working on mouth.
10. Session 10, Tuesday, January 9: working on rest of anatomical features.
    
11. Session 11, Thursday, January 11: developing background.
12. Session 12, Tuesday, January 16: integrating all visual elements in final session.

• All Painting Appointments will be hosted at Art Works Studio and Classroom, at 660 N Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004.
  
• You will be able to leave the painting in the studio if you plan to work on it more than one session.