Portrait Workshop 2024
The first of our new workshop sessions will be a Portrait Painting Workshop with Glyn.
Portraiture is arguable the most challenging form of observational art. Even if you do not intend to apply for Portrait Artist of the Year, learning the skills will improve your observation and painting methods.
The session will give participants the chance to do a single long pose portrait of a model - with a pose length of about three hours.
The session will start with some teaching for those who want it:
How to start.
Composition.
Value drawing.
Achieving likeness.
To grid or not to grid?
Coaching and assistance will be on hand throughout the session. Glyn will be demonstrating using oil paint, but participants can use any medium.
We may be able to persuade a special guest artist: Harriet Brady ( competitor from Portrait Artist of the Year 2023) to join the session.
The number of participants will be limited, so please make your interest known as soon as possible.
There will be a fee of £15 to participate to cover costs
More information…
Please arrive in good time - the session will start promptly at 12 noon - so allow time for any set-up you need.
Participants should provide their own materials. (But I can lend the odd oil paint or stick of charcoal). Please bring a standing easel if you have one. There’s a couple of spare easels in the hall.
The pose proper will start at 12.30. The goal is to give you three full hours of painting. We will give the model some breaks. For those interested, there will be some coaching before the pose, with suggestions about starting and planning the session.
I have have a small photo printer - which can quickly produce a postcard sized print. So it will be possible to take reference photos which you can use on the day - and take away to work on the portrait at home.
You can use any medium, but the demonstration will be in oil.
We can’t do catering, so if you want to bring a snack or hot drink to sustain your creative energy, that would be good.
There will be ten painters in total - all trying to get a front row view of the model. Our model for the session is Joe, a young man in his 20s with a strong face. The plan is to do the session in the Blincow room rather than the main hall, to make better use of natural light.
The goal is to have a relaxed, enjoyable bit of painting practice.