Portfolio Programs offer artists the opportunity to concentrate on skill development in specific areas of realist drawing and painting. Students experience focused study in small, intensive groups led by professional artists. Courses and lectures are conducted at Studio Incamminati’s main studios in Center City, Philadelphia.

Portfolio Program participants and alumni receive invitations to lectures and special events at Studio Incamminati.

In 2007-2008, the Portfolio Program schedule is as follows:

Each program runs for twelve consecutive weeks, with one extra week for any make-up days. Enrollment is limited to first-come, first-served.

Painting the Portrait I
Kerry Dunn
Mondays, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
April 7 - June 23

Tuition - $450

A popular subject throughout art history, portraiture is more than capturing an individual’s likeness. Portraits have the potential to represent an array of human emotion. Students will analyze the subject of portraiture through the following four concepts; shape, value, color and edge quality. These elements work simultaneously in relationship to each other to create a strong visual impression.

Students learning these key elements through the study of both clothed and nude models during 3 - 12 hour poses. Students are welcomed to experiment with their materials to include both charcoal and color. Through instructor demonstrations and critiques, students will learn about starting with the block-in, developing gesture and mastering the concepts integral to developing a painting.
The Spring semester will present a continuation of this course for students to have the option of carrying on in a progressive manner through the year.

Click here to download a Portfolio Program Registration Form, or register over the phone with a Visa or Mastercard by calling (215) 592 7910.

Click here to download the materials list for Painting the Portrait.

Figure Drawing and Painting

Darren Kingsley
Tuesday and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

April 8 - June 25
Tuition - $650

The objective of this class is to push drawing skills, to increase ability to see the relative values within the figure and to learn to ‘plan ahead’ with specific goals to accomplish at different times during the painting.  Students will begin with 2 shorter drawings during the first 4 weeks and progress to two full paintings, each approximately one month long.  Progressing to painting is at the Instructor’s discretion and depends on the experience of the student and success of the initial drawings.

This class will address the principles that are essential to transform abstract flat shapes into fully dimensional form and create a sense of light on the figure. The student will focus on drawing and painting the figure with a full range of values and develop the ability to make accurate relative value calibrations.   The focus will be on structure, anatomy, proportion, light direction, edge conditions, abstract movements through the figure, composition and an understanding of basic form.

The Instructor will give several demonstrations and work alongside the students at times. This is a two-day class with instruction on Tuesdays.

Click here to download a Portfolio Program Registration Form, or register over the phone with a Visa or Mastercard by calling (215) 592 7910.

Click here to download the materials list for Figure Drawing & Painting.

Developing Color in Figure Painting

Robin Frey
Thursdays, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
April 10 - June 26

Tuition - $450

This class will provide the student with the basic understanding of beginning a figure painting.  The class will start out with the grisaille method taught at Incamminati, lead into a closed grisaille, and then utilize color to develop the painting.  The class will start with short gestures in grisaille and develop into longer poses as the semester progress.  All levels are welcome.

Click here to download a Portfolio Program Registration Form, or register over the phone with a Visa or Mastercard by calling (215) 592 7910.

Click here to download the materials list for Developing Color in Figure Painting.