
Master Copy Painting Workshop with Cody Wheelock
Friday, November 6, 2026 · 10:00 AM CST · Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art · Saint Joseph, MO
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Mastering the Master Copy with Cody Wheelock Friday, November 6 10:00 AM–4:00 PM $110 per person | Lunch included Learn from the masters while developing techniques you can bring into your own studio practice! Join professional artist Cody Wheelock for a full-day workshop exploring the traditional process of creating a master copy painting. Students will select a painting by an artist they admire and create their own small-scale version on an 8x10-inch or smaller canvas. Rather than focusing on creating an exact reproduction, this workshop is designed to help students slow down, study another artist’s choices, and gain a deeper understanding of composition, value, color, and technique. Cody will guide students through the four-step painting process he uses in his own work: drawing and transfer, grisaille underpainting, color block-in, and overpainting. Students will begin with acrylic paints for the underpainting and color block-in before transitioning to oils for the finishing stages. This approach allows the class to move through each step more quickly, making it possible to experience the full process in a single day. By the end of the workshop, students will have a strong start on—or potentially complete—their master copy while learning a versatile painting process they can continue practicing and applying to their own work at home. Materials to Bring: One 8x10-inch or smaller canvas panel or stretched canvas 1–3 printed artwork references by painters you admire; choose images with proportions similar to an 8x10 canvas Acrylic paint: red, yellow, blue, brown, black, and white (exact colors are your choice) Oil paint: recommended colors include alizarin crimson, lemon yellow or cadmium yellow, ultramarine blue, phthalo or cerulean blue, burnt umber, and titanium white; students may bring colors they are comfortable using Paintbrushes in a variety of sizes Palette or palette paper for mixing colors Diamond-shaped palette knife Drawing materials,…
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