Child Portrait Workshop

June 4-7, 2024

Crooked Oak Studio in Richmond, VA

Tues - Fri 9:00AM - 4:00PM  

Learn the essential forms of a child’s head and how to work from life with young sitters. Rick Casali has designed this practical workshop for painters, pastel artists, and sculptors alike. Attendees will sculpt 2 portrait busts in clay over this 4-day workshop at beautiful Crooked Oak Studio. Crooked Oak is the private north-light studio of Christy Lyons Talbott. Topics covered: Child proportions, geometric planes, and the anatomy of the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and the forms of the hair. Clay fee and armature is included in tuition.

Daily Schedule:

9:00AM - 12:00PM Lectures by Casali and kids Posing

12:00-1:00. Lunch Break

1:00 - 4:00 Lectures by Casali and Model Posing

Materials: Clay fee included in your tuition!

Location/Lodging Accomodations: Crooked Oak Studio is about 30min from downtown Richmond and 15 minutes from Short Pump.