Record keeping.

 

Enjoy the process and work takes care of itself.

 

Oil Painting Workshop: The Secrets of Mastering the Fundamentals.

Oil Painting Workshop: The Secrets of Mastering the Fundamentals.

This course reveals the simple methods of painting any subject matter in a representational way by utilizing the basic and advanced fundamentals. This is a hands on course with numerous demonstrations. The principles of drawing accurately, seeing values, and color mixing to achieve harmony are several of the topics covered. This course will be instructive for beginners through advanced. The class will learn from working from life in the studio. We will use a clothed model as our subject.

Employing a full prismatic palette as well as the "Zorn Palette" will be instructed.

Location: San Clemente Art Supply

August 12-14, 2014

Meets 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $325.00 Level: Beginner-Advanced (from "never picked up a brush" on up)

Registration: 

http://www.scartsupply.com/store/product/183901/Painting-the-Portrait-in-Oils/

Materials list:

Brushes: I prefer mongoose flats and Utrecht  Sablettes, small to medium sizes and any good quality bristle brushes for the larger sizes.

Canvas: 6 canvases or panels, size 9 x 12 or 11 x 14 in. Oil Double or Triple Primed

Linen is best, if you use acrylic primed cotton make sure it is good quality.

Palette: I recommend glass or smooth wood palettes.

Paint:
Titanium White,Cad. Lemon,Cad. Yellow,Cad. Orange, Cad. Red Deep, Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Viridian, Yellow Ochre, Ivory Black
Palette Knives for mixing 
Medium: Liquin works good if you don't have a preference, or mix your own:
 3:1:1 ratio (OMS/Damar varnish/stand oil)
Odorless Mineral Spirits
Paper Towels

Installing a recent commission for the great people at the Savage Company, Salt Lake City.

The Savage Brothers, 72"x96", oil on canvas

Recent work...

 Candyland, oil on panel, 24x18

 Jangling, oil on linen, 11x14

Warm Blanket, oil on panel, 24x24

Thank you, Springville...

Gatherer, oil on canvas, 40 x 30

Award of Merit, 90th Annual Spring Salon

Springville Museum of Art  

Portrait and Figure Workshop

Portrait and Figure Workshop

Learn the fundamentals of painting portraits and clothed figures with oil paint.

Location: Logan Academy of Fine Art, 60 west 100 North, Logan, UT 84321

July 11 - 13, 2013

Meets 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Tuition: $315.00 

Level: Beginner-Advanced

This course will cover the basic and advanced fundamentals of painting portraits and the draped figure. The principles of drawing, seeing values, and color mixing to achieve authentic tones are several of the topics covered. This course will be instructive for beginners through advanced. The class will learn from working from life in the studio.

Registration: 

Contact: larsonoilpaint@gmail.com

Materials list:

Brushes

I prefer mongoose flats and Utrecht  Sablettes, small to medium sizes and any good quality bristle brushes for the larger sizes.

Canvas

You will need 6 canvases size 9 x 12 or 11 x 14 in. Oil Double or Triple Primed

Linen is best, if you use acrylic primed cotton make sure it is good quality.

Palette

I recommend glass or smooth wood palettes.

Paint

Titanium White

Cad. Lemon

Cad. Yellow

Cad. Orange

Cad. Red Deep

Alizarin Crimson

Burnt Sienna

Ultramarine Blue

Cerulean Blue

Viridian

Palette Knives

For mixing 

Medium

Liquin works good if you don't have a preference

Mineral Spirits

Paper Towels

Commission: Sequential steps

 Here is a commission I am wrapping up. The commissioner is Ellen and this is her daughter Lennie. Ellen has to be one of the best clients I have had the pleasure to work with. The photo's aren't great but you get the idea.

Lennie, 48 x 48, oil on canvas,  2013

 Green Sweden, 7 x 14

 Hometown, 12 x 9

 Pretty in Pink, 8 x 10

Red on Red, 11 x 14

New Work

Quiet Moment, 46 x 70, o/c

Vern Swanson's farewell

I had a great time doing an alla prima portrait of Vern Swanson this summer, to commemorate his retirement from the Springville Museum of Art after over 30 years. The other artists who participated were: Ryan Brown, Zach Proctor, Jeff Hein, Casey Childs, Brian Kershisnik, and Bruce Smith.

Portrait Workshop

My Demo

Our Portrait workshop in Helper, Utah, this summer was a big hit. The participants did some killer work and everybody had a good time.

I was featured on FASO today....

 http://faso.com/fineartviews/44242/faso-featured-artists-artist-matthew-john-larson 

Springville Museum of Art 2012 Director's Award

"After the Party"                 48 x 60 Oil on Canvas     

I received the Director's Award this year at Springville, and they purchased the painting.

Utah State Annual Exhibition 2011

Meg 11x11 oil on linen

Sister 2, 9 x 9, oil on linen

Sister 1, 9 x 9, oil on linen

Recent work. Please click on images to view larger.

76 x 44, oil on canvas, 2011

48 x 48, oil on canvas, 2011

48 x 48, oil on canvas, 2011

48 x 48, oil on canvas, 2011

48 x 48, oil on canvas, 2011

48 x 48, oil on canvas, 2011

44 x 44, oil on canvas, 2011

48 x 48, oil on canvas, 2011

48 x 48, oil on canvas, 2011

48 x 48, oil on canvas, 2011

48 x 48, oil on canvas, 2011

44 x 44, oil on canvas, 2011

Earlier work.

Figures: