Course Description

This dynamic workshop invites you to explore the art of portraiture through expressive use of colour and design. Using acrylic paints and mediums, you will will learn techniques to capture the essence, mood and personality of your subject. You will experiment with colour, brush and palette knife work and layering to create a vibrant and emotive portrait.

By the end of this one-day workshop, participants will be able to:-

• to be able to mix and apply acrylic paints and use acrylic mediums using brushes and palette knife
• to have explored various tools, methods and mediums to creative an expressive portrait
• to be able to create a likeness in their completed portrait

Suitable For

This course is suitable for beginners or improvers alike.

Requirements List

• A standing easel or desktop easel
• Drawing board. A3 or larger
• An A3 or similar sized canvas board, primed board or stretched canvas. Or square - no smaller than 40 x 40 cm
• Acrylic paints- at least the three primary colours, white and black
• Long-handled bristle or artificial haired brushes. One large flat-ended, one filbert and a finer pointed brush is required. Please bring whatever brushes you have too. The tutor can provide suitable brushes if required
• A flexible palette knife or knives. Metal or plastic is ok. The more flexible the blade the better
• Mixing palette and two water containers/cups
• 2B pencil and eraser
• Please bring a photograph, printed image or digital image on an Ipad or tablet from which to paint from. Printed images should be printed no smaller than A4 and be a high resolution image

Materials Cost

There will be a charge of £4 to cover the cost of materials listed below. This is payable directly to the tutor.

• Palette paper and masking tape
• Charcoal and paper
• Variety of acrylic mediums