The Figure in Color
Instructed by Scott Ramming
Saturdays, 10am-1pm
April 5 - May 24, 2025
Registration Deadline: April 2, 2025
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Description:
This third class of our Figure Series focuses on a range of color-related issues as they apply to the human figure. The class will work from a diverse group of models and cover mixing skin tones, color relationships, and massing light and dark shapes. We will progress from a limited to a full-color palette. While oil painting approaches are emphasized, students are welcome to use any medium of their choice.
This class will cover the following topics:
- Color Theory
- Mixing Warm and Cool Skin Tones
- Color Value
- Observing and Reacting to Environmental Influences on Skin Tone
- Pushing Color Choices Beyond Observational Reality
- Working on Toned Surfaces
Tuition: $380
Course fee covers live models for all class meetings
Class Size:
Minimum: 4
Maximum: 12
Materials List: (VIEW/DOWNLOAD PDF OF FULL LIST)
While oil painting approaches are emphasized, students should select color-based media that they are genuinely interested in exploring. The instructor, and/or Studio Program Manager (Adam Mysock, mysock@manifestdrawingcenter.org), can answer questions prior to the beginning of the course.
Regardless of the medium chosen, students are encouraged to have colors available that are equivalent to the following list:
Level of Study: Students should have some prior experience with figure drawing (this may include having regularly attended our uninstructed Open Figure sessions in the past). The Figure in Color is designed for artists looking to take their figure drawing beyond a foundational, greyscale exploration toward refined pigment-based imagery capable of communicating ideas via the human form and color.
LOCATION: Unless otherwise specified, all courses are hosted at Manifest's new facility at 'M1' in Clifton at 3464 Central Parkway (see map and directions below). Manifest's new facility provides multiple studio classrooms, private lesson space, a darkroom, a film processing room, and a multi-purpose lecture and class meeting space as well as on-site parking, grounds, and exterior spaces in which to relax, discuss, and make art. The studios are outfitted with professional equipment, furniture, and study aids.
Map to Manifest's M1 Studios | Studio Calendar | Darkroom Calendar
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Scott Ramming
About the instructor:
Scott Ramming is an artist living and producing work in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati. He received his BFA from Middle Tennessee State University and has taught painting at Mount Gretna School of Art.
Within the Manifest ecosystem, Scott has served as a moderator for the Drawing Center’s Open Figure sessions for over eleven years and has shown at Manifest Gallery several times, including a solo exhibition in 2021.
With a background in painting and drawing, he works from observation and imagination, utilizing the figure, landscapes, and still life. His practice is rooted in gestural intuition while maintaining a dialog with art history.
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