Four Day Portrait Painting in Oils Workshop
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ALL LEVELS
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday March 17, 18, 19, and 20 , 2026 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM $260 (+$35 modeling fee) This workshop is designed to help artists enhance their skills in painting portraits. Painting from the live model, artists will employ various techniques for developing accurate proportions, and the proper placement of the model on the canvas. Participants will receive instructions on starting the portrait with a solid structural drawing done in monochromatic lines and tones on a stained canvas. Instruction will be based on demonstrations, discussions, and individual critiques. Click here for Class payment policies Classes are non-refundable (Read before signing up)
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About the Instructor
ABNER COPE spent thirty years teaching drawing and painting at Central State University in Wilberforce, OH, where he was an Associate Professor in the Art Department. During that time Mr. Cope also taught in the Art Departments of the University of Dayton, and Sinclair Community College, in Dayton, OH, and Clark State University, in Springfield, OH. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree (1980) from Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, with a major in drawing. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree 1974) from Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, where he majored in painting and minored in printmaking.
Mr. Cope has spent many years honing his special talent for imbuing his painted subjects with light. A generous portion of his career has been spent teaching drawing and painting classes and workshops. Abner feels that his thirty-year (1980-2010) university teaching career provided him with an opportunity to devote a tremendous amount of time focusing on how the old masters painted the figure. His services on many boards of museums and arts organizations have provided a great opportunity to explore numerous painting styles and have made him more knowledgeable about various painting approaches and techniques. However, it has been his studies of fifteen years or so, with the renowned artist Daniel Greene, of New York, that he credits his introduction to, and his development of portrait painting skills and techniques. He also credits the accomplished portrait painter, Wende Caporale with furthering his development in that genre.
Abner Cope continues to find many ways to combine his knowledge, understanding, and portrait painting techniques with his teaching experience, which is evident in his portrait painting classes. His fascination with portrait painting is about more than a likeness, although that's mandatory, it's also about capturing the life-like spirit of the sitter.
Mr. Cope has spent many years honing his special talent for imbuing his painted subjects with light. A generous portion of his career has been spent teaching drawing and painting classes and workshops. Abner feels that his thirty-year (1980-2010) university teaching career provided him with an opportunity to devote a tremendous amount of time focusing on how the old masters painted the figure. His services on many boards of museums and arts organizations have provided a great opportunity to explore numerous painting styles and have made him more knowledgeable about various painting approaches and techniques. However, it has been his studies of fifteen years or so, with the renowned artist Daniel Greene, of New York, that he credits his introduction to, and his development of portrait painting skills and techniques. He also credits the accomplished portrait painter, Wende Caporale with furthering his development in that genre.
Abner Cope continues to find many ways to combine his knowledge, understanding, and portrait painting techniques with his teaching experience, which is evident in his portrait painting classes. His fascination with portrait painting is about more than a likeness, although that's mandatory, it's also about capturing the life-like spirit of the sitter.
“The essence of three-dimensional illusion in two-dimensional art rests within the design of the elements of light and shadow within the composition. The impact of the illusion depends on the contrast between these two essential elements. My work is driven by the formal essence of light.”
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