Robert Liberace
THE DYNAMIC FIGURE: A Classical Approach
DATE: August 29 - September 2, 2011
COST: $750
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate/advanced
This class will explore the dynamic potential of the human form and introduce these concepts into drawings and paintings. Students will study the various approaches artists from the past used to infuse their work with movement and energy and then execute their own pictures with the help of live models. The renowned technique of red chalk drawing will be featured along with intensive sculptural oil painting with an emphasis on form and modeling. Demonstrations will be given focusing materials, paper preparation and painting and drawing technique.
Robert Liberace's Bio
www.robertliberace.com
Anatomy, the Torso: Excerpts from Robert Liberace's Drawing Series
Robert Liberace Artwork Samples on YouTube
Robert Liberace: The Quick Draw (Drawing Excerpts from his Videos)
Rob is a contemporary classicist inspired by the old masters. He is equally gifted in painting, drawing, and sculpture. In February 2006, he was selected by The Artist's Magazine as one of their choices for the toP twenty realist artists under the age of forty. In April of 2003 Rob received the Grand Prize Award in the International Portrait Competition from the Portrait Society of America. In 2002 he won their Best of Show Award. Rob has been commissioned to do portraits for clients such as George Bush, Ambassador Sol Linowitz, and Marc Pachter, the director of the National Portrait Gallery. He is currently working on a life sized sculpture of Mother Teresa for the National Shrine.
Rob received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. at George Washington University where he was the recipient of the Morris Louis Scholarship and the National Academy of Arts and Letters Scholarship for painting. American Artist magazine honored Rob with their “Emerging Artist Award” and featured his work in their 1996 Art Master’s issue. Rob is perhaps best known for his classic and distinctive style of figure drawing. American Artist magazine highlighted Rob's drawing techniques as the cover feature in their May 2002 annual drawing issue. Rob is represented by the Arcadia Gallery in New York City and the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco.
