Dan Thompson
Bio
In 2001, Dan Thompson won the Grand Prize for his self-portrait at the American Society of Portrait Artists competition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Some of Dan’s other honors include two Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants, The Stobart Foundation Grant and The Walter Erlebacher Awards from the New York Academy of Art.
Dan Thompson is a founding member of the Grand Central Academy in New York. He received his BFA from the prestigious Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. and his MFA from The New York Academy of Art. His teaching experience includes positions at Parsons The New School for Design, The New York Academy of Art, Studio Incamminati, and the Water Street Atelier.
Dan’s work is included in the collections of Forbes Magazine, the University of Maryland, The Portrait Society of Canada, and numerous private collections as well.
View more about Dan Thompson at: www.danthompsonart.com/
Classes taught by Dan Thompson
Long Pose Portrait Drawing and Painting Workshop
In his class, Long Pose Drawing and Painting Workshop, Dan Thompson explores the complexity of the forms of the face built upon a sense of the body’s pose and character. The first two days of the workshop are devoted to a figure studies using a female and male model, and a discussion of anatomy. The last three days of this workshop involve a long portrait pose. The model sits nude from the waist up to gain a sense of the direction and anatomy of the body in relation to the head and face. Dan discusses the structures of the ears, nose, eyes and mouth, and their relationship to each other in detail. This class offers the flexibility of working with both drawing and painting materials, or just one, if the student chooses. In working with oil the student will learn about Dan’s contemporary palette within the classic portrait structure. He uses colored theatrical lighting gels to evoke new ways of seeing light and color in his students.
This class is open to students of all levels. Dan Thompson offers individual critiques and is readily accessible for advice and insight
View photos from Dan Thompson’s recent workshop in May 2007:
