Fri 19 Sep-5 Dec (10 wks) | 10.30am-1pm | 16+ yrs
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Portraiture is the perfect discipline to help improve your drawing skills. This course will provide an opportunity for people of all abilities to develop the portrait, from basic observation of proportion through to building structure and form. There will be a live sitter each week.
What will the course cover and how will it be taught?
This course will be taught working with a live sitter. Through a series of enjoyable exercises, you will gain confidence in your portrait drawing skills, improve your ability to capture a likeness and develop ideas of what makes a good portrait. Different drawing techniques and processes will be explored with the opportunity to personalise your practice throughout the course.
This course will be taught through a series of demonstrations and practical activities and tasks. Looking at other artists portraits, the work of peers, and having one-to-one time with the tutor will facilitate your individual learning to enable you to achieve on this course.
Who is it suitable for?
Suitable for complete beginners as well as those with experience as Catherine can tailor the session to meet individual needs.
Important Information
This course will be held in Studio 3. There are no classes during the weeks commencing 27 Oct or 17 Nov.
What do I need to bring with me?
Drawing boards and easels will be provided.
We will be drawing in the first session so can you please bring:-
- A3 sketchbook.
- Soft lead pencils/graphite sticks.
- Willow charcoal.
- Putty rubber.
- Tape or clips to attach paper to a drawing board.
You will be asked to bring other art materials along as and when necessary.
When using art materials your clothes could potentially get dirty so you may wish to dress accordingly.
Are there any additional costs?
No
About the tutor
Catherine MacDiarmid has 29 years’ experience teaching a range of art classes and applying her knowledge as a practising artist to her role as a Tutor. She exhibits widely, including exhibiting in the BP Portrait in 2001/2, New Light Art Tour 2021/22 and 2023/24 (of outstanding Northern based Artists) and regularly at the Mall Galleries. Catherine has won many awards for her art, most recently being the Watercolour Materials Award in the Jacksons Painting Prize 2023. She is an elected member of The Lakes Artists Society, the Contemporary British Portrait Painters and appeared in Sky Portrait Artists of the Year 2014, 2018 reaching the semi-finals in 2019. As well as completing private portrait commissions her work is collected internationally, and she works from her home-studio in Kendal.
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