HAND PAINTING WORKSHOP - MARCH 21

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2026 - 11am - 4pm

Do you crop the hands out of your portrait paintings or strategically hide them behind other elements in the composition? Then this workshop is for you! Join us for a 1-day, 5 hour intensive on hands and stop avoiding them forever!

We will discuss fundamentals such as drawing, anatomy, value, form, etc - all through the lens of alla prima oil painting. Students will leave with a completed painting demonstrating all of the above as well as knowledge on how to approach hands moving forward.

INSTRUCTOR: Shannon Vaught

PREREQUISITES: None, but some drawing or painting experience encouraged

SUPPLY LIST:

SURFACES:

Canvas, linen, panel, or oil primed paper - size 8x10 or 9x12

OIL PAINT:

(I like M Graham and Gamblin brand paint)

Titanium White

Cadmium Yellow

Yellow Ochre

Cadmium Red

Alizarin Crimson

Transparent Red Oxide

Ultramarine Blue

Raw Umber

Ivory Black 

BRUSHES:

Assortment of flats or filberts - I like Trekell’s Legions and Rosemary’s Eclipse synthetics Blick also has a brand called Princeton that is pretty good (sizes 2, 6, 10) 

Synthetic round (for drawing and detail) size 0

Large bristle round OR synthetic mop brush for softening edges (size 12 or larger)

SOLVENT:

Odorless mineral spirits, I use Gamsol

PALETTE:

Glass, wood or paper palette

MISC:

Paper Towels or rags for clean up