Zhaoming Wu Workshop
The Luminous Figure
DATE: August 10 - 13, 2012
COST: $600
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
Zhaoming will teach a traditional " painterly" way to oil painting, and apply it to figure painting in an “alla prima" approach. The student will paint the figure clothed. The workshop will emphasize on composition, color, understanding light on form, and producing appropriate values and edges to create mood and atmosphere. The workshop will lead the student into the figure painting practice by starting with monochromatic painting with a limited palette, then moving on to a full color palette. Zhaoming’s teaching is conducted using demos, individual instructions, and critiques.
Zhaoming Wu's Bio
Zhaoming Wu was born in China and grew up in Guangzhou City. He received his BFA from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art China and his MFA from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco.
Since 1983, he has been exhibiting his work in Asia, Europe, the United States and other countries around the world. He has won numerous awards, including the Merit Award at the 6th National Art Exhibition in Beijing, China, the Gustafson Fund Award, the National Oil and Acrylic Painter's Society (US) Award, 1st place in the 9th Biennial National Figure Painting and Drawing Exhibition, Second Prize Winner in International Artist magazine's Challenge No. 4 (Aug/Sept 2001), and the Daler-Rowney Award from the Oil Painters of America.
Long active as both an artist and a teacher, he served as a professor of painting at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art and is currently an instructor of painting at the Academy of Art University. His works have been featured in many publications, including two drawing books and two painting books, International Artist Magazine (April/May 2003, August/September 2005), Art of the West magazine (September/October 2004, July/August 2007), Art Talk Magazine (February 2005), and American Art Collector (January 2007).
