{"id":1872,"date":"2022-08-08T14:48:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T14:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2022-08-08T14:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T14:48:37","slug":"portrait-workshop-with-jason-arkles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/08\/portrait-workshop-with-jason-arkles\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait Workshop with Jason Arkles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In July, I participated in a portrait workshop taught by Jason Arkles (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/jasonarkles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jasonarkles.com\/<\/a>) at his studio in the heart of Florence Italy. I arrived on a Saturday evening and waded through crowds of touriests to my AirBnB accompanied by the view of this sunset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1stDaySunset.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1873\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1stDaySunset.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1stDaySunset-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop began Monday morning and ran from 9AM-12PM and 1PM-4PM every day thru Friday. Our model&#8217;s name was Irene. She is a model, photographer, and seamstress (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cuordibambola\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cuordibambola\/?hl=en<\/a>). Here she is at the very beginning along with our armatures, in one of the dresses she designed and made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1875\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We began by making an egg shape on a cylinder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1Egg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1876\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1Egg.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1Egg-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning both Irene and the clay model, we centered the head on the post and developed the profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1Profile.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1877\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1Profile.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1Profile-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, turning frequently and working on different angles, we made the large shapes of the portrait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1End.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1878\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1End.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day1End-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the evenings, I went home to my AirBnB along the Arno. This was my view walking home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ViewOfHills.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1890\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ViewOfHills.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ViewOfHills-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a classmate for this workshop. Her name is Jill. You can check out her work here (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jill_moss_studios\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jill_moss_studios\/?hl=en<\/a>) Here&#8217;s Jill working on the 2nd day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day2JillWorking.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1879\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day2JillWorking.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day2JillWorking-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jason worked alongside us, demonstrating on a smaller scale model. Jason was a serious teacher. Very serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"247\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day2JasonBeingSilly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1880\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day2JasonBeingSilly.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day2JasonBeingSilly-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After making the big shapes, things started getting kind of messy and frustrating for me around day 3. Also lopsided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day3Front.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1881\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day3Front.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day3Front-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day3-3Quarters.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1882\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day3-3Quarters.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day3-3Quarters-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But, it started pulling together by day 4, and my portrait started looking like the model. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day4Front.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1883\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day4Front.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day4Front-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day4WithJill.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1884\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day4WithJill.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day4WithJill-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Day 5 was spent developing the smaller forms, cleaning up the surface, and changing aspects of the portrait that were very bothersome. Here she is, all the way around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"143\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5InRound-1-1024x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1886\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5InRound-1-1024x143.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5InRound-1-300x42.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5InRound-1-768x107.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5InRound-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5Front.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1885\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5Front.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5Front-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5-3Quarts.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1887\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5-3Quarts.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5-3Quarts-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5Profile.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1888\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5Profile.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Day5Profile-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My last evening in Florence, there was another gorgeous sunset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GoodbyeFlorence.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1889\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GoodbyeFlorence.jpeg 800w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GoodbyeFlorence-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GoodbyeFlorence-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July, I participated in a portrait workshop taught by Jason Arkles (http:\/\/jasonarkles.com\/) at his studio in the heart of Florence Italy. I arrived on a Saturday evening and waded through crowds of touriests to my AirBnB accompanied by the view of this sunset. The workshop began Monday morning and ran from 9AM-12PM and 1PM-4PM every day thru Friday. Our&hellip; <span class=\"read-more-span\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/08\/portrait-workshop-with-jason-arkles\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Portrait Workshop with Jason Arkles&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1891,"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions\/1891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}