Painting the Head in Space
A 3-day Intensive Workshop with Edmond Praybe
April 4-6, 2025 (Friday - Sunday)
Friday, 10am - 5pm, Workshop
Saturday, 10am - 5pm, Workshop
Sunday, 10am - 5pm, Workshop
(1 hour lunch break each day)
Early Registration Deadline: March 7, 2025
[ REGISTER HERE ]
Tuition:
Early Registration by March 7:
$465 (Student Rate: $394 with valid student ID)
Regular Registration by April 3:
$580 (Student Rate: $493 with valid student ID)
* 15% discount student rates offered only with valid academic student i.d. We will contact you to obtain verification in advance of the workshop.
Description:
In this workshop, you will move beyond simply recording visual facts or achieving a likeness when painting the human head. Through daily exercises and working from a live model, you will develop a deeper understanding of form, volume, and spatial relationships while learning to see the head as an integrated part of a larger composition. You will explore methods for breaking down the head into a series of shapes, planes, and marks, allowing for a more structured and dynamic approach to painting.Throughout this workshop, you will create a series of head studies using both limited and full-color palettes, honing your ability to make intentional color choices. You will experiment with strategies for pre-mixing colors and explore how shifts in temperature, saturation, and value can be used to describe form and enhance depth. Additionally, historical and contemporary painting examples will provide insight and inspiration, helping you refine your technical skills and artistic vision. By the end of the workshop, you will have a stronger grasp of observational painting, composition, and expressive mark-making, equipping you with tools to approach head painting with greater confidence and creativity.
Class Size:
Maximum: 15
Materials List:
(download/print PDF here)
Level of Study: This class is suggested for individuals with some painting experience. Basic knowledge of oil or acrylic paint is expected. Some experience working from a live model will be helpful, but not necessary.
AREA ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THOSE TRAVELING TO ATTEND
For those traveling to Cincinnati to attend this visiting artist workshop, there are many exciting or practical options for accommodations. For a special stay within a mile of Manifest's new facility, we would recommend checking with The Clifton House Bed & Breakfast* (https://thecliftonhouse.com), The Gaslight Bed & Breakfast (https://www.gaslightbb.com), or Six Acres Bed & Breakfast (http://sixacresbb.com). Alternatively, the 21c Museum Hotel is in the heart of downtown just four miles from our location (link). Many other common hotels are within a few miles of our location as well.
*We have confirmed that the Clifton House will honor a special discounted rate for Manifest workshop participants when rooms are available.
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
Manifest's new home on Central Parkway is a historic 1932 structure ideally suited to the various programs of the Manifest Drawing Center (and future Manifest Gallery). Even now, mostly unchanged from 93 years ago, it serves as a playful collaborator in our educational mission. Students and guests are inspired by both the content of our programs, and the spaces in which they occur.
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Works by Edmond Praybe
About the instructor:
Edmond Praybe is a Maryland-based painter who received his BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art and MFA from the New York Studio School. Praybe has taught with the New York Studio School, Mount Gretna School of Art, The Washington Studio School, College of Notre Dame, MD, Wayne Art Center and Townsend Atelier. He has led online classes with Penn Studio School, Winslow Art Center and the Seattle Artist League. Praybe has been a visiting artist and lecturer at Harrisburg Area Community College and the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design and currently teaches painting at Anne Arundel Community College.
Praybe’s work has been exhibited at venues including First Street, Prince Street and Bowery Galleries in New York City, Manifest Gallery, The University of Mary Washington, and The Mitchell Gallery at St. John’s College. He has been the recipient of the Hohenberg Travel Grant, four NYSS Alumni Exhibition Awards and was a US National Parks Artist-In-Residence. Praybe won the purchase award for the 12th Annual Drawing Discourse at UNC Asheville and was a finalist for the Bethesda Painting Awards in 2021.
Praybe is a member of Zeuxis: An Association of Still Life Painters and is included in their book, Conversations. He has been interviewed for the online blog, Painting Perceptions and the Creative Contemplation Podcast. Praybe’s work has been included in Manifest Press’s INPA publication, 7th and 10th editions.
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