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| Expressive Portrait Painting with Life Model workshop |
| Medium: Oils and Acrylics |
| Skill Level: Beginning to Advanced |
| Cost: |
| Duration: 10:00am - 4:00pm (lunch 12:00 am - 1:00 pm) |
| Starting: TBD |
| Location: TBD |
| Summary: The course will teach how to use tools and techniques to enable students to paint expressive portraits. Working with a life model, students will learn how to observe, measure and use paint in order to bring the composition to life. Students will learn: • The basic proportions of the head • How to use comparative method to capture an accurate likeness of the sitter • How to use a limited palette of colors • How to handle paint and edge control • How to use color and value to create a convincing impression of light • Technical information regarding materials Each class is limited to 8 students in order to allow the tutor to individually guide and support each student throughout the process. View Work For more information on the course you can contact |
| Expressive Portrait Painting with Life Model workshop |
| Medium: Oils and Acrylics |
| Skill Level: Beginning to Advanced |
| Cost: |
| Duration: 10:00am - 4:00pm (lunch 12:00 am - 1:00 pm) |
| Starting: TBD |
| Location: TBD |
| Summary: |
The workshop will teach how to use tools and techniques to enable you to paint expressive portraits. By the end of the worksop, you will have painted a portrait from a life model. You will learn how to observe, measure and use paint in order to bring the composition to life. You can paint in either oil or acrylic, as long as you are familiar with the medium. Prior experience of portrait painting is welcomed but not a pre-requisite. You will learn: |
| • The basic proportions of the head |
| • How to use comparative method to capture an accurate likeness of the sitter |
| • How to use a limited palette of colors |
| • How to handle paint and edge control |
| • How to use color and value to create a convincing impression of light |
| • Technical information regarding materials |
| Each class is limited to 8 students in order to allow the tutor to individually guide and support each student throughout the process. View Work For more information on the course you can contact |
| Expressive Painting with Still Life |
| Medium: Oils and Acrylics |
| Skill Level: Beginning to Advanced |
| Cost: TBD |
| Duration: 6 weeks, one weekly 2.5 hours session |
| Starting: TBD |
| Location: TBD |
| Summary: |
This course will teach you how to use tools and techniques to enable you to paint expressive painting using Oils or Acrylics. During the six (6) week course you will complete at least two paintings. Working with the same “Still Life” over three weeks, you will learn how to paint from observation, measure, and use paint to bring the composition to life. Whilst we use the genre of “Still Life”, the techniques and methods learned can be used for other genres such as portraiture, landscapes, and figurative. Students will learn: • How to use comparative method to capture the composition • How to use a limited palette of colors • How to handle paint and edge control • How to use color and value to create a convincing impression of light • Technical information regarding materials Students should have a basic understanding of painting techniques, as well as some practical experience, and should be prepared to use an easel either standing or sitting down. Prior experience of painting “still life” is welcomed but not a pre-requisite. View Work For more information on the course you can contact |
| Portrait Painting from Photographs |
| Medium: Oils and Acrylics |
| Skill Level: Beginning to Advanced |
| Cost: TBD |
| Duration: 6 weeks, one weekly 2.5 hours session |
| Starting: TBD |
| Location: TBD |
| Summary: |
This painting course will teach you tools and techniques to enable you to paint a portrait from reference photographs. It is a 6 weeks course and at the end of the 6 weeks you will have completed at least one painting. You will learn how to observe, measure and mix paint in order to bring the composition to life. Whilst we use the genre of “Still Life”, the techniques and methods learned can be used for other genres such as portraiture, landscapes, and figurative. Students will learn: • How to mix a certain color from primary colors and develop a color wheel • Difference between warm and cold colors • How to work with values • How to enlarge/transpose/copy a picture to a canvas • How to interpret the light and dark areas of the photographs to values • How to handle paint and edge control • How to use color and value to create a convincing impression of light • Technical information regarding materials For more information on the course you can contact |