Sharon Sprung is a contemporary realist who has taught at both The Art Student's League of New York and The Museum School of the National Academy for the past 30 years. Her paintings and portraits have been exhibited since the late 1970's, including many one-person shows at Gallery Henoch in New York City. But it is on
Sharon Sprung is a contemporary realist who has taught at both The Art Student's League of New York and The Museum School of the National Academy for the past 30 years. Her paintings and portraits have been exhibited since the late 1970's, including many one-person shows at Gallery Henoch in New York City.
But it is one of the highest honors for a painter to be commissioned for a White House portrait! We are thrilled to share here, First Lady Michelle Obama, by Sharon Sprung, oil on panel, 44 x 36 inches, White House Collection, Washington, DC photo credit: White House Historical Society.
Her works involve highly developed realistic figure painting against abstract backgrounds, with acute attention to color mixing to achieve a range of life-like flesh tones.
My paintings are a carefully observed negotiation, manipulated layer upon layer in order to create a work of art as equivalent as possible to the complexity of real life.They are an attempt to control the almost uncontrollable substance that is oil paint, and the equally untamable expression of the human condition. - Sharon Sprung
Derived from Sharon Sprung's palette, this set includes 11 colors essential to mixing skin tones and painting facial features.
All 40ml tubes of our:
Flake White
Yellow Ochre
Raw Sienna
Permanent Bright Red
Scarlet Sienna
Alizarin Crimson
Raw Umber
Red Umber
Burnt Umber
Payne's Gray
Cobalt Blue
Visit sharonsprung.com for an instructional video, Sharon Sprung: Understanding Value in Skin Tones, which demonstrates her techniques step by step on how to mix colors and achieve a range of life-like flesh tones.
Sharon Sprung Interview, LINEA
The Student Concours - Sharon Sprung's Class – vasaripaintpov
Painting From Life, Portraiture – vasaripaintpov
Painting From Life, Portraiture – vasaripaintpov
The Figure in Oil with Sharon Sprung
Painting From Life, Portraiture – vasaripaintpov
The Figure in Oil with Sharon Sprung
The Figure in Oil with Sharon Sprung
Sharon Sprung's new portrait at the U.S. Capital! – Vasari Classic Artists' Oil Colors
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The Student Concours - Sharon Sprung's Class – vasaripaintpov
Painting From Life, Portraiture – vasaripaintpov
Sharon Sprung Interview, LINEA