Mountain Artists' Guild: Four-day portrait workshop
Prescott, AZ

The challenges in becoming a successful commission portrait artist involve much more than just painting well. The commission portrait painter must paint within the context of understanding client relationships, business practices, marketing and promotional activities in addition to the complexities of consistently delivering high-quality products.

The class is organized to address the following areas of study:

- Getting a likeness
- Understanding the colors of light and shadow
- Using photographic resources successfully
- Presenting yourself and your work effectively
- Client relations- Understanding your market
- Developing your own business plan

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November 2 & 3, 2007
Portrait Society of America: Academy of Art University
San Francisco, California

The Academy is comprised of a Friday night portrait demonstration from life (capacity 110) and a full day Saturday workshop (capacity 30 students), all students working from the live model. Please contact http://www.portraitsociety.org/academies.htm to enroll.