
Susan Lyon – 4 ½ Day Portrait Workshop
(Special guest Scott Burdick & Charreada field trip)
Dates: April 25th – 29th, 2025.
Time: 25th, 6PM. 26th-29th, 9 AM – 4 PM CST.
Where: Hindes Fine Art Studio, San Antonio, Texas
Tuition: $850 (Includes fee for two models)
Deposit Non-refundable: $150
Final payment: 3/14/2025
15 Students Max
Registration opens: 10/11/2024
Register: Call 210-872-0098
Friday 25th
Scott will demo a portrait from a live model in the evening
6-9 pm
Saturday 26th
9 – 12 Susan and Scott will demo painting the portrait from a live model
1 – 4. Students will paint while Susan goes around and gives each student personal attention
Scott will also be giving advice, but he will be painting all day. This gives the students the chance to see not just a demo, but a painting come to completion.
Sunday 27th
9 – 11 am Susan and Scott will be giving a digital presentation talking about working from photos. Tips on taking photos to paint from and what they do with the photos in Photoshop to make them the best references.
In the afternoon the class will go to an outdoor Arena just 15 minutes south of the school to take photos of kids on horses dressed up for the Fiesta. They have a pageant with dozens of young girls and their families dressed up in beautiful regalia. Scott and Susan went in 2023 and got amazing references. People are able to go behind the Arena to take photos of the kids and horses in candid poses.
There is a small fee to get into the show. The class can either take Ubers or car pool to the Arena.
Sunday evening from 6 – 8 pm Hindes Fine Art will host a reception for Susan and Scott to show some of their artwork.
Monday 28th Susan and Scott will demo a portrait from life and the class will paint in the afternoon. Susan will go around in the afternoon to help each person.
Tuesday 29th Susan and Scott will demo a portrait from life in the morning and the class will paint in the afternoon. Susan will go around in the afternoon to help each person.
The 3 days of painting will focus on different techniques and color harmonies, we will have a different model each day.
SUPPLY LIST
Canvas: Oil Primed Centurion 16 x 20″ – 18 x 24″
Oil Paint (Rembrandt Oil Paints):
Titanium white
Cadmium yellow
Cadmium orange
Transparent Oxide Brown
Any light red
Permanent madder medium
Viridian
Ultramarine Blue
Ivory Black
To be clear all people need is a yellow, red and blue along with a brown and white.
Gamblin solvent free gel
Gamsol
Brushes:
Sue workes with Rosemary and Co brushes. She loves working with flats and angled brushes of every variety, as well as the fan brushes – soft and bristle
Eclipse combers. long hair
also all of their mixed hair styles like series #274 and #278
They have amazing sable and faux sable brushes.
1 1/2 long palette knife