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Painting Loose with Charcoal Powder

🖤 Master the subtle art of charcoal portraiture with expressive edge control. In this 2+ hour session, Frank Lombardo demonstrates an Alla Prima portrait of a woman—guiding you through his method of gradually building form, tone, and structure using nuanced edgework.

You’ll learn how to:
🖌️ Block in soft edges, then refine with push-and-pull adjustments
🎭 Sculpt form with tonal sensitivity and confident mark-making
🪶 Control contrast and texture to enhance realism
⚗️ Make your own charcoal powder for versatile application

Also included: Frank’s Vision X 2022 presentation on charcoal painting—offering a deeper look into his process and philosophy.
🕒 Runtime: 2+ hours
🔒 Available exclusively to Pro Artists Club members

  • Frank Lombardo

    Instructor

  • Fundamental

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Meet your instructor

Francesco Lombardo

Using oil paint as his primary medium and the human figure as his primary subject, Francesco Lombardo creates work that involves repetition, movement, and layers of translucent form. His artistic influences from the past are rooted in the linear elegance of the High Renaissance, the serene yet compelling postures of classical sculpture, and the folds within folds of Baroque art. In terms of contemporary influences, Francesco references many artists including the works of Jenny Saville, Robert Liberace, and Odd Nerdrum.

Lombardo completed training in art from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, receiving his B.A. in painting in 2002. Shortly thereafter he studied with the painter Odd Nerdrum in Norway for half a year. In 2004 he found long-lasting influence in the otherworldly allure of Iceland after being awarded a Fulbright to study there for one year.

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