The Portrait Institute by J. Sanden 

World-renowned artist and teacher, John Howard Sanden has dedicated his life to the art of portraiture. He founded The Portrait Institute in 1974, developed a national correspondence instructional program and in 1979 launched the National Portrait Seminar, which grew to be the largest art seminar program in America. In addition to authoring four books on portraiture, he has completed over five hundred portraits for prominent figures in American business, political, and professional life. Popular columnist Pete Hamill, writing in the New York Post, August 15, 1991, said:

“John Howard Sanden is the closest we have in America to fit the old role of court painter.”

John Howard Sanden, in conjunction with Martin F.Weber developed the ProMix® System and other materials specifically for the needs of the portrait artist. These colors are specially formulated to create a broad range of skin tones and have a creamy consistency that blends beautifully. He integrates these colors with Weber’s own Professional Permalba Oil Colors to produce the optimal palette for portraiture.

Developed by acclaimed portrait painter, author and teacher John Howard Sanden, the ProMix® System consists of flesh and neutral tone oil colors that allows the artist to develop the delicate variations of skin tones that define portraiture. The set includes ten (10) 37mL non-toxic and specially formulated Professional Oil Colors, ProMix® Color chart and ProMix® Color System book, “Color Mixing for Portrait and Figure Painting”.