Nanette Fluhr: “Capturing a Likeness: Painting the Portrait in Oils”

"A beautiful portrait not only attains a remarkable likeness but also captures the true spirit of the

subject." - Nanette Fluhr

Join internationally recognized portraitist Nanette Fluhr for a five-day classical portrait painting

workshop. Working from a live model each day, you will learn timeless techniques used by the Old

Masters to create compelling, lifelike portraits in the classical realist tradition.

What You'll Learn:

• Achieve accurate likeness and proportion

• Understand light, shadow, and form on the live model

• Mix naturalistic skin tones using the Reilly Method, a structured approach passed down through Nanette's mentor John Frederick Murray - a student of Frank J. Reilly, the legendary teacher at the Art Students League of New York

• Create convincing three-dimensional effects

• Study facial anatomy and features for expressive portraits

Nanette provides daily demonstrations and personalized critiques. Her clear, structured teaching style makes complex concepts accessible to artists at every level.

About Your Instructor:

With 25+ years of professional portrait experience, including her time as a registered copyist at the

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nanette is among the first artists permanently archived on the Moon

via NASA's Lunar Codex. Her work has been exhibited in museums and represented in permanent

collections throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

"Nanette Fluhr is a master artist and a gifted teacher of classical drawing and painting. She reaches all her students at their level of skill." - Erich Pries

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Artist Website

Registration Fee: $750

Student Capacity: 10

All Levels Welcome with some experience

To book this workshop, read the booking notes below and then click here

Booking Notes for Nanette Fluhr's Workshop

1. Use the check in date of July 6, 2026 and a check out date of July 11, 2026 or July 12, 2026.

2. The booking system defaults to Single Occupancy including the meal package and one workshop registration, prorated to a nightly average.

3. If you will be attending the workshop solo, you will enter your booking dates, select your room, and add a pet fee if applicable.

4. If you are planning to have an additional person join in your room, you will need to select the correct occupancy to calculate the additional meal package in your total. Your nightly rate will update accordingly. All room occupants will be on the meal package and eat all meals together with the workshop group.

5. If the second person in your room is also attending the workshop, please select "additional workshop registration" option and add it to your package. This will ensure we have a correct headcount and correct calculation for your package.

6. On the payment screen, please add any dietary requirements to the Special Requests text field.