Igor Babailov, MFA - Master Classes and Portrait Workshops, Master Demos

Portrait Workshops, Demos

Babailov Students at Florence Academy of Art

Igor Babailov's students at the Florence Academy, Florence, Italy

The attended students were from Norway, Sweden,

South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and USA

Sayaka Yamaguchi traveled all the way from Tokyo, Japan to take Mr. Babailov's classes.

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Master of Ascending Realism

"If you have ambitions to go beyond your dreams, you should not seek to copy others “style", but rather aim to acquire the fundamentals of the timeless principles of academic school, which is a prerequisite for the development of your Uniqueness as an Artist."

For Art Professionals and Art Students

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Igor V. Babailov, M.F.A. (equivalent to Ph.D. in other fields) taught and lectured at:

Florence Academy of Art, Cincinnati Art Club, American Society of Portrait Artists, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, West Coast Portrait Society, Royal Ontario Museum, to name a few.

Babailov in the International Artist Magazine

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~ Igor V. Babailov

Recent Demos

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Portrait Workshop May 16 - 20, 2008

"Even when you Paint you never stop Drawing..."

~ Igor Babailov

Painting does not exist without drawing. It is the outstanding drawing with its values, which makes the best examples of paintings in the History of Fine Art strong and powerful.

Anyone can copy/modify photos or ready-

made images, whether they are black

and white or in color; but it is the

skill of working from life and particularly

drawing from life, which reveals the

artist's true "Masterability". Even

when you paint you never stop

drawing, only this time you do that

with the brush. Drawing from life is the

must and the fundamental to learn and

to know for anyone, wishing to

become a truly Professional Artist and

Portrait Painter.

That is the philosophy of the traditional

school and such Masters as

Bouguereau, Sargent and Repin.

And this is the main focus of my

workshops with life demos in Oil, Pencil

and Pastel, which distinguishes

them from the workshops of others.

In Visual Art, I believe, the more Demos of different medium techniques the students see, the more they learn and understand how to approach those mediums in their own works. It is especially helpful to realize that those very different mediums are actually very much related to each other and have a lot in common - they are the 'clothes' on the beautiful anatomically structured human form underneath.

Having sixteen years of formal academic education and after years of teaching experience with students around the world, I can assure you that there are no shortcuts in Visual Art's learning. However, my accredited Academic method of teaching will enable you to possess the knowledge you need and to gain the skills you deserve in no time. With the proper academic instruction, just like the Masters you will be able to paint expertly and fast, without wasting your time on fixing mistakes, simply because there won't be any. This will also help you to establish your individual style and to find yourself as an artist sooner than you think. Your education is your investment, invest wisely.