Overview

Alyssa Monks brings her best-selling workshop - Transcending the Photo Reference - to you. In over 4 hours of direct instruction, Alyssa will show you how to take a reference photo, prepare your palette, and paint a portrait that doesn’t just mimic but transforms the photo reference. Each of these topics gets a full course dedicated just to itself. Creating a reference photo means understanding how to use your camera, how to work with a model to capture the right pose, and how to edit your photos to get them ready to use as a reference. From there, Alyssa will show you in detail how she creates her palette - from a general breakdown of how she uses colors to a razor-specific look at how you can match your colors to your subject. Then finally, she dives into painting - hours of demo and instruction delivered straight from Alyssa Monks to your living room. It’s the best extended look at the painting process from a modern master.

  • Learn how to use your camera

  • How to edit your photos to create the perfect reference

  • Create a versatile general palette

  • Match a specific palette to your reference

  • Paint a portrait unique to your reference

  • Learn to transcend realism in your painting