The Body in Oils - 2 days - GOLD COAST - JULY 2024 with Emi Brener

Are you ready to move your life drawings into oil paintings?  Join us for our Nude Body Painting Workshop, an exploration of the human form as a timeless and captivating canvas.  Learn how to mix flesh tones creating strong values that create dymanic art.

This immersive experience is tailored for those seeking to explore the art of depicting the nude body with sensitivity and creativity. 

Throughout this workshop, participants will gain insights into the human body, learning to observe and interpret its unique shapes, curves, and proportions. We will also explore anatomy to enhance the authenticity of your nude paintings. 

We will explore the language of brushwork to bring vitality and emotion to your depictions. From subtle skin tones to dramatic contrasts, explore techniques to convey the human form with grace and dynamism. 

Two paintings will be created each day, one as a warm up exercise, and the other as a complete piece. This workshop invites you to transcend the conventional, celebrating the human form as a work of art. 

Join us in this enriching journey into the world of nude body painting. 

MATERIALS LIST:

Reference photos will be supplied.

Oil paints - if you already have paint, bring what you have. 

Colours to be used are: Titanium White,  Cadmium Yellow,  Cadmium Red,  Ochre,  Burnt Sienna,  Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue 

Other items:

Palette knives 

Various sizes of brushes (round and flat) 

4 x Stretched canvases or canvas boards Size between 25x35 to 40x60cm 

Palette for mixing colours 

Odorless NON-TOXIC solvent for cleaning brushes 

Cup for holding solvents 

Rags or paper towels for cleaning and blotting 

Apron

Note: We provide easels for you to use.

LOCATION
The Royal QLD Art Society (RQAS) 25 Broadbeach Blvd, Broadbeach

BOOKING CONDITIONS

Please note that Artable does not provide refunds for workshops under any circumstances. If you provide more than 7 days notice, you can apply for a credit to another workshop. Check our refunds page for further details and COVID-19 related policies.

Please note that if a workshop is sold out a sold out sign will appear on the listing and you will be unable to book in. If a workshop does not have the number or spots that you require, a note will pop up saying 'out of stock'.

LUNCH
There are several options in walking distance and a fridge on site if you'd prefer to bring your own.

PARKING
You can park in the surrounding streets or in the carpark behind the venue. Please allow time for parking as it can be very busy around RQAS. Do not park on the grass behind RQAS or you will get a parking ticket. There is an elevator if you need it.

Location:

RQAS 25 Broadbeach Blvd, Broadbeach 4218 QLD

Book online

$465 per person

Meet the Teach

Emi Brener

Emi Brener is a Uruguayan artist now based in Australia, after studying in New York, Philadelphia and Berlin. Her work is multidisciplinary and primarily deals with the human body, especially the way the female body is depicted in art.

Working primarily in mixed media works that poetically merge the mediums of oil painting and embroidery, Emi Brener aims to convey moments of human intimacy, nuance and experience. Brener’s work may be located in a painting tradition that combines raw depictions of the body with deep interior mental exploration; a tradition that ranges from expressionists such as Egon Schiele, to modern day painters such as Lucian Freud and Jenny Saville. As a young artist, Brener enriches this tradition with a subtle queer sensibility. One can clearly see in Brener’s work how the female gaze on the female body is connected to empathy instead of objectification, allowing a whole new way to look and experience to emerge. Inspired by thoughts and emotions borrowed from “found” texts, Brener looks to expose the vulnerability of the human experience through the meshing of written language and painting, while also highlighting the way we use our bodies to interact with one another. The results are paintings that often depict fragments of the human figure, never showing the entire body and some even applying a distorted close-up viewpoint, further deepening the work’s sense of intimacy.

Continue reading at https://somos-arts.org/emi-brener-under-the-skin/ | SomoS

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