Four portraits in layers
🎨 Exploring portraits — one layer at a time.
Oil Portrait No. 4
Portrait 4 of this project. Focusing on planes of the face.
Exploring tone, shade and light.
Students practised observing the subtleties of form and building up their sketches with soft layering, and blending.
Learn to draw what you see.
These drawing sessions are all about exploring tone, shape, and light.
Portrait practice in acrylics and oils
Portrait practice in acrylics oils — and no, we’re not chasing likeness here, just learning how to paint skin tones with confidence!
Oil Painting for Beginners
These beautiful blooms are now a few layers in, with rich opaque colour, and glowing warmth that’s straight out of an Old Masters painting.
Summer Acrylic Landscape Workshops
Paint a summer landscape in acrylics on canvas.
Acrylic Portrait No. 3
The glasses and beard were the biggest hurdles this week, I still need lots of practice!
Acrylic Portrait No. 2
Painting portraits is probably the hardest of ALL the art challenges, for me at least.
Acrylic Portrait No. 1
It’s time to get back to something I love!
