Rachel J. Miller lives in northern California where she works as a full time painter and yoga teacher. She approaches both yoga and art with courage and love that inspire people to see more and be more. Her dynamic character seasons her classes with joy and enthusiasm and her paintings with color and emotion. For more information go to www.raestar.com.

Through struggles we get to know ourselves better and through knowing ourselves better we get to know the world better. We will start the study of portraiture first by painting a self-portrait. What do we see? What do we miss? Allowing the discipline of classical portraiture to bring up questions that are ubiquitous within any pursuit of self- knowledge, we will refine our ability to see. Once we complete a self-portrait we will paint a portrait of a hero or a friend. This course will move beyond classical portraiture but to guide us with the craft of capturing faces I will be using examples from Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Dr. Betty Edwards. Finding a book on your favorite portrait painter could also be a source of inspiration and an example of technique.