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In 2008, Luana won "Best in
Show" in the The Richeson 75:
International Portrait and
Figure Competition with
"Japanese Robe. (below)

    Luana Luconi Winner will
    demystify the most demanding of
    art forms – the portrait. Portrait
    artist Luana Luconi Winner will
    demonstrate how easily the human
    head and form can be understood
    with simple combinations of
    character markers and formulas.
    Proportions, color mixtures,
    design elements, and “nailing” the
    features will be our focus. Luana
    is a founding member and North
    Carolina Ambassador of the
    Portrait Society of America.  Her
    articles have appeared in
    International Artist Magazine,
    Artist Magazine, and American
    Artist Magazine, among others.
    Luana has authored three
    workbooks and produced twenty
    instructional painting and drawing
    DVD’s.
Luana Luconi Winner

"Great Faces"
Open Medium

Luana will demo in Oils
Studio

August 9 - 13, 2010
Bend, OR

Cost $655

Beginning to Advanced

    Portraiture is a long time tradition and the
    truest record of our lives in current history.  
    Mrs. Winner’s portraits and paintings in oil and
    pastel have won national recognitions and
    awards and an international silver medal in
    competition.  In the summer of 2008, she won
    “Best in Show” at an international portrait
    competition.

    In demand as an instructor, she has been
    faculty for the American Artist Magazine Art
    Methods Conference in Pasadena, CA, the
    Pearl Paint Great American Art Event in New
    York City, the Portrait Society of Atlanta,
    Cheap Joe’s in Boone, Jerry’s Art of the
    Carolinas in Raleigh, the International
    Association of Pastel Societies Conferences in
    Albuquerque and Santa Fe, the Portrait Society
    of America International Conference in
    Boston, Dallas, and Washington, DC,

    Her articles have appeared in International
    Artist Magazine, Artist Magazine,  American
    Artist, Signature,  The Folio,  as well as,
    regional publications.  She is currently the
    national Chairman of the Literature
    Committee for the Cecilia Beaux Forum.
    Luana has authored three workbooks, produced
    twenty instructional painting and drawing DVD’
    s, and has a sets of brushes by Silver Brush.

    A founding member and North Carolina
    Ambassador of the Portrait Society of America,
    Mrs. Winner was schooled in Rome, Florence,
    Switzerland, and the USA. Luana's portraits
    and murals hang in corporations, universities,
    and residences on both sides of the ocean.

Luana's DVD's

• Great Faces! Parts and Pieces: The Eye
    o Demonstrations in all three Oil, Watercolor and
    Pastel
• The Portrait Workshop
    o Oil Demonstration Man in Glasses and Baseball Hat
• Painting the Portrait in Pastel
    o Three year old boy model
• Painting the Nude in Oil
    o Pregnant model
The Portrait Sketch Series
• The Portrait Sketch Series : The Oil
• The Portrait Sketch Series: The Pastel
• The Portrait Sketch Series: The Watercolor
• The Portrait Sketch Series: The Acrylic
The Drawing Series
• Drawing…to start with…
    o The Landscape in Graphite Pencil on White Paper
    o The Still Life in Graphite Pencil on White Paper
    o People in Landscape/Scene in Graphite
Pencil on White Paper
    o The Portrait Sketch in Graphite Pencil on White
    Paper
• Drawing…the next step…
    o The Landscape in Charcoal and Chalk on Toned
    Paper
    o The Still life in Charcoal and Chalk on Toned Paper
    o People in Landscape/Scene in Charcoal
and Chalk on Toned Paper
    o The Portrait Sketch in Charcoal and Chalk on
    Toned Paper
• Drawing…in color…
    o The Landscape in Full Color Pastel
    o The Still life in Full Color Pastel
    o People in Landscape/Scene in Full Color Pastel
    o The Portrait in Full Color Pastel

Class Description
      All levels of painters will be challenged by this course in the essential elements of painting people. Devoted to
    proportions and structure, the class will begin with black and white compositional sketches. Realistic skins tones and
    values will "carve" the features in the final painting.

    Although formal portraiture will be discussed, this workshop will appeal to anyone who wants to use relaxed faces and
    figures as design elements within a composition. We will be working from a model indoors and outdoors (if the students
    choose to) discovering and controlling relative lighting and color differentials.

    Students are encouraged to bring a variety of sketches or photos, which could be developed into a painting. We will
    discuss what makes "good" reference material and how one can enhance the material already on hand. Students are
    encouraged to bring in "In progress" paintings for critique throughout the week as time permits.

    The instructor will paint one or two full demos and multiple mini-demonstrations throughout the week as needed.
    Students may choose to bring a variety of media.