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Learn with me...

Workshops, short courses and private tuition. I will show you how I create a portrait using all my years of experience. Most importantly, I'll help you find a way of creating portraits that suits you.

"Painting a portrait is more about capturing the lifeforce of a person than the likeness" 

I will show you how to rapidly improve your drawing and your approach to portraiture... 

To some this would mean methods and tricks, but that's not what I do. A portrait isn't just simply about painting the eyes using a method to calculate their position. To paint a great portrait you have to paint what's behind the eyes and no amount of geometry will help with that. Sure technical skills help, but you need something more to make a portrait great. Understanding this is the first step to becoming a true portrait painter.

The focus will be on capturing the essence of a person. But it's not always about realism and the secret to doing it well is really all about your emotional connection with them. 

My aim is simply to help people create better portraits.  I draw and paint portraits every day and I'll share my thoughts on portraiture, my approach, my techniques and my struggles. 




I run 2 hour online workshops every week

If you want to know more about when I do these contact me below

WORKSHOP 1.

Ergonomics

Whether you sit or stand. The size that you work at. The distance you are from your work etc.

WORKSHOP 2.

Drawing isn't art!

The biggest mistake that you can make when you draw is to think your are creating a work of art.

WORKSHOP 3.

Observation  & Relationships

When you draw or paint the relationship of all the elements is critical to the success of the work.

WORKSHOP 4.

Observation (plus)

If you want to capture what you see, observation is the key. But the “plus” is what you feel when you see. 

WORKSHOP 5.

Where to start with a portrait

The most important and scary part of drawing a portrait. There's no method or trick to doing this.

WORKSHOP 6.

Line & Shape reduction

You don’t want to draw every line that you see. Just enough so that the viewer can see what you see.

If you want to go further than the workshops I can work with you 1-2-1 

The workshops will give you an insight into portrait drawing, but you might want specific advice and feedback as you develop.  I can work with you via the internet for 30 minute or one hour slots to suit you. 

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Contact me...

Whether you want to commision me, ask about workshops & tution or just get a bit of advice, enter you name and email and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

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