Class 5: Watercolor – Los Muertos | Galleria Dante

This class will be a celebration of the Muertos tradition where the dead return to their previous lives as the veil between worlds lifts every November 1^.. We will paint our own Muertos character to commemorate this special Mexican tradition.

Learn Ricardo’s method of taking a photo of a human as reference and transforming it into a skeleton with anatomic drawings. We will also take time for remembrance to show how painting death can make us grateful for life.

Please bring your own reference photo of any person to inspire your Muertos creation. Because of the amount of time, we will focus on drawing and painting the head and upper part of the body. We will learn about the drawing of a skull based on simple shapes and how, as artists, we can shape and detail our drawing until we have the result that we want. With watercolor, we will represent light and shadows and decorate our Muertos figure.

This is Class 5 of a six-class series, with each class building on the previous one. Experienced watercolor artists are welcomed in all classes. Students who attend both Classes 5 and 6 will receive a complimentary 3-hour “plein air” painting session with Ricardo on Friday, March 19th, from 11 AM to 2 PM.

ALL PROFESSIONAL MATERIALS INCLUDED.