L'ATELIER ROBERT COANE
Master Workshops
il paint was made for depicting flesh."
~ Willem de Kooning
THE COLOR
'FLESH'™
A two day seminar for painters on the observation, interpretation and rendering of flesh.
@ L'ATELIER
$250 - Restricted to 6 Artists - Reserve NOW!
Non-refundable fee
TO ART SCHOOLS AND ART CENTERS
$1500 + Travel and per diem where applicable
For registration and further information
Contact Robert Coane
rcoane atelier-rc.com

Scroll down for sylabus and list of materials

"[ Robert Coane's ] gorgeous oils painted on wood panels do more for skin tone than an Estee Lauder makeover
and have a visceral, Baroque richnes."
- Lennie Bennett, ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

SYLABUS
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Day 1

Historical survey of the development of color.
Terminology.
Exercises in complementaries, warm/cold, local and perceived color.
Still-life (Dry media)
Figure (Dry media)

Day 2

Morning: Demonstration
Afternoon: Figure Exercise #2

MATERIALS
For Day 1
Pad of toned paper no larger than 18" X 24"
( Strathmore 500 series charcoal / pastel drawing pad recommended)
Combination of dry media: Color pencils, pastels, oil pastels, crayola, etc.

For Day 2
Gesso primed panel, canvas, canvas board no larger than 18" X 24"
Oils paints (see palette below), brushes, cleansers, and all related materials.

OILS ONLY

"He keeps his cool and uses his painting skills to let his depictions of the human figure speak for themselves,
clear and precisely defined territory...."
- Emil Memon, NY ARTS MAGAZINE

Palette
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What follows is my pallette and these are my personal preferences after a great deal of trial and error. It is very high-keyed and therefore may NOT be to your taste. It works for me. I publish it here only as a guideline to the types of colors that I have found useful in identifining the great variety found in
THE COLOR FLESH.
This is NOT a formula and you should not go out and spend on colors as esoteric as some here. You must find what works for you. You may not even find the same names. I use Old Holland brand oils exclussively and Old Holland is VERY expensive, not worth the cost to experiment with.

Burnt Umber
Burnt Sienna
Terra de Pozzole (Maimeri)
( Indian Red )
Brown Ochre
Yellow Ochre
Naples Yellow Light
Zinc White
Sap Green
( Olive Green )
Ultramarine Blue
Cobalt Blue ($$$)

Shevenings Red Light
( or any light, bright red )
Golden Baroque Red
Alizarin Crimson
Dioxazine Mauve ($$$)
(Red Violet)
Holland Blue Violet ($$$)
(Blue Violet)
Cadmium Yellow Extra Deep
 ($$$) (Orange)
Shevenings Yellow Light
( Lemmon Yellow )

I use no Black. I use no medium.

"I did come up but both times you were on a roll and I did not have the balls to cause an interruption.
They were riveted and spell bound. It really made me wish I could still paint with media other than digital."
- Jack Breit, Artist, St. Petersburg FL


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