Life Painting Workshop

Life Painting Workshop | Sat 24 May | 11.30am-5.30pm | £66 | 16+ yrs | Tutor Catherine MacDiarmid | Studio 3

A fantastic opportunity to practice painting directly from a life model, learning new and quick ways of mixing and applying meaningful colour. The session also allows the opportunity to develop a longer painting.

What will the day cover, and how will it be taught? 

The session will be taught through a series of poses between 20 minutes and 2-3 hours long.  You will learn some quick painting techniques that develop skills in capturing form and structure. Also, you have the opportunity to capture a longer pose for you to practice capturing the more subtle nuances of tone and flesh colour. Guidance will be given during the workshop. This allows each outcome to be achieved and learners to altogether develop the painting medium of their choice.  A life model will be present throughout the session.

What do I need to bring with me? 

Please bring:-

• A basic range of paints of your choice. Good flesh colours include Titanium White (not watercolour), Cadmium red, Alizarin Crimson, Yellow ochre, Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Umber or Burnt Sienna (plus other colours if you have them)
• 4 x appropriate surfaces – watercolour paper or primed cartridge paper will do.
• Range of brushes
• Pots for water or solvents (oils)
•  (oil only) Solvent – like Sansador, Zest It, low oudour solvent or pure turps (for diluting paint)
• (oil only) Linseed oil/oil medium (optional)
• (oil only) Solvent (for washing brushes, like white spirit)
• Material rags
• Palette – (oils and acrylics) a flat palette is best
• (oils and acrylics) Palette knife – to mix colours
• Tape or clips to attach surface to easel

When using art materials, your clothes could potentially get dirty, so you may wish to bring an apron and/or dress for mess.

Are there any additional costs?

No

About the tutor 

Catherine MacDiarmid has 29 years’ of 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.