• Portrait Painting of an old man in blue turban with a white beard
  • detail of painting of old man's face
  • Painting of blond woman with pig tails against subway tile

Class Description:

Enjoy gaining a solid foundation in understanding the structure and solidity of the human head.

Join CFA and MFA Faculty member Manu Saluja who will guide you through proportion, color theory, and mixing flesh tones as you create a portrait in your home studio. Portrait reference is provided to you in digital format. Clear instruction is given through weekly demonstrations, lectures, bonus YouTube videos and individual critiques via Zoom. Homework is given during the week. Students can opt to draw.
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Spring Session I | Dates:

Scheduled occurrences for the next session of this class are as follows:

Week
Date
Time
Week 1:
1/23/2024
10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 2:
1/30/2024
10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 3:
2/06/2024
10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 4:
2/13/2024
10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 5:
2/20/2024
10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 6:
2/27/2024
10 am - 1 pm ET


  1. Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class

  2. Week 1 - The Devil's In the Details - Beginning the Portrait with Structural Drawing and Shadow Shapes

  3. Week 2: Context is Key: The Importance of a Color Study, Relative Values/Colors, Mixing the Palette

  4. Week 3: "Build the House Before You Hang The Curtains" - The Lay-In Stage

  5. Week 4: "Build the House Before You Hang The Curtains", The Lay-In Part 2

  6. Week 5: Building Up the Details

  • $280.00
  • Online
  • 6 Weeks
  • Beginner to Advanced

Meet Your Instructor

Manu Saluja

Instructor

Manu Saluja received her MFA from the New York Academy of Art, and her BFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts where she was mentored by John Frederick Murray. Saluja’s work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery (London), the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto), the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (Wisconsin), and the Butler Institute of American Art (Ohio). Winner of the 2019 BP Portrait Travel Award, her resulting paintings were exhibited at the Aberdeen Art Gallery in Scotland in 2020. Saluja has paintings in public and private collections throughout the U.S., Canada, U.K., and India. In 2023 she was unanimously selected by Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA to paint a life-size portrait of Sojourner Truth now permanently on view in the Grand Portrait Gallery. She has exhibited her work with numerous galleries including 33 Contemporary, James Baird, Sugarlift, Abend and Dacia, and has been featured in publications such as Huffington Post, Fast Company Design, American Art Collector, Realism Today, Fine Art Connoisseur, News India Times, and Artists & Illustrators. Saluja has taught drawing and painting for over 15 years with courses at NYAA, Montclair State University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and the Long Island Academy of Fine Art. Born in Brooklyn in 1971, and a longtime resident of Queens, Saluja currently lives and works in Long Island, NY.

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