Renaissance Fare: Portrait Techniques (Online Class)

Renaissance Fare: Portrait Techniques of the Quattrocento and Beyond - Online

Zane York | Summer II | Tuesday s: Jul 14 - Aug 18

Class Description:

Develop a portrait of your choosing using techniques derived from the Southern and Northern Renaissance traditions.

The Renaissance methodology was responsible for some of the richest, most luminous portraits in the history of art. Each week will cover a different facet of the painting’s development, from structural underdrawing, to initial color passes, up and down modeling, glazing, and finishing. Classes will begin with group progress reviews and lectures will presented weekly covering the material which will lead into the weekly demonstration.

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Summer II Session Dates:

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

Week	Date	Time
Week 1:	7/14/2026	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 2:	7/21/2026	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 3:	7/28/2026	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 4:	8/04/2026	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 5:	8/11/2026	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET
Week 6:	8/18/2026	6:30 - 9:30 pm ET

Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class
Week 1 - Foundations
Week 2 - Preparatory Drawing
Week 3 - The Underdrawing and Imprimatura
Week 4 - What's Up (Modeling) and the Green Machine.
Week 5 - Getting Down (Modeled) and Changing Italian Style!
Week 6 - Quitting before it looks Mannered, or worse, gets Baroque'n
Support Materials
After Class - Wrap Up

$320.00
Online
6 Weeks
Beginner to Advanced

Meet Your Instructor

Zane York

Instructor

Zane York deftly walks the line between playfulness and profundity. Drawing inspiration from the inherent strangeness of the natural world, York imbues quotidian scenes with subtle elements of the surreal. His finely detailed renderings offer a view of reality that is ever-so-slightly askew, creating a peculiar sense of balance in accordance with his own set of natural laws. Zane’s images invite us to turn away from the glare of the synthetic world and explore the shifting shadows of the human mind. York received his B.F.A. in Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and his M.F.A. in Painting from the New York Academy of Art. Zane has had solo exhibitions with numerous galleries, museums, and institutions. His works have been exhibited in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, Melbourne, St. Barthelemy, Florida, and France. He maintains his studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and teaches for the New York Academy of Art and Rhode Island School of Design.