Figure Painting Workshop with Carolyn Pyfrom

Don't miss this opportunity to paint the life model in oil with guidance from noted figure painter Carolyn Pyfrom in this all-day intensive workshop! Learn to simplify complex figurative forms and carefully observe value and color. Use a limited palette to tackle the basic formal elements of painting with an emphasis on accurate tonal structures and the creation of a convincing sense of light and atmosphere. Suitable for students with basic painting experience. 

The workshop will include a tour of the exhibition, The Human Form: Endless Inspiration featuring the drawings and paintings of Roberto Osti, Carolyn Pyfrom & Patricia Traub, on view May 22 - June 16, 2024. 

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Date:  Saturday, June 15, 2024
Time:  9 a.m. – 4 p.m. 
Fee:  $150  (includes model fee) 

** Sign up with a friend and receive 10% off both registrations.  Use discount code SM24Class8 at checkout. 

Carolyn Pyfrom  holds a Diploma in Painting from the Florence Academy of Art in Italy and a BA from Troy University in Alabama, with a double major in studio art and mathematics. She also attended Obirin University in Tokyo studying Japanese art, culture, and language. She has twice been a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, as well as grants from the Fleisher Art Memorial, the American Society of Classical Realism and the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Foundations. Exhibitions include Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia; the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg; Brigham Galleries, Nantucket;  Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York; Solomon Gallery, Dublin; and the Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, Delaware. She has been an adjunct faculty member at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts or many years, teaching life drawing, cast drawing and figure painting in the BFA and Continuing Education Programs.