Workshop: LSA Artroom, ‘Pet Portraits with Personality’
PET PORTRAITS WITH PERSONALITY 4 WEEK WORKSHOP
All levels welcome.
A four week ‘Pet Painting’ workshop starting Monday Jan 23rd, 7-9pm,
held in the LSA Artroom*, Satchwell Court, The Priors, Leamington Spa.
£120, some materials provided. Unfortunately, unattended classes cannot be refunded.
Payment by BACS to: Mrs Lucy Burton Acc: 73383988 Sort: 04-00-75 Revolut
Course Outline:
Together we will work through a stage-by-stage process to create a Pet Portrait in Oils or Acrylics- using an ‘islands to oceans’ method of working. We are aiming to make the eyes come alive and give the animal and your painting lots of personality! I hope to inspire you with some new ideas and techniques to take away with you and apply to your own work.
You will be working from your own image, either from an I-pad OR printed colour photograph. The animal’s eyes must be clear and in focus. Crop your image so that it is square. The head of the animal should take up most of the frame. For good (free to use) reference images see www.pixabay.com
The better the reference image – the better the painting!
Materials provided:
8” x 8” smooth panel board
(Paper towel, thinners, jars, liquin, stay-wet palette boxes, watercolour pencils)
What to bring:
A colour photograph of your animal or an image on an Ipad, laptop (or phone)
A black and white print out of your square cropped image as large as you can make it on an A4 piece of paper (see b&w example on right)
A set of synthetic brushes eg. ‘System 3 Brush wallet 402’
Palette knife, a pencil and long ruler.
A selection of artist quality Oil or Acrylic paints eg. Daler Rowney Starter Set
A mixing palette - tear off paper palettes are fine. (£2 in ‘The Works’)
*LSA Art Room - a new gallery and social arts space in the centre of Leamington Spa located at 5 Satchwell Court, Royal Priors. This is in the lower outside area, of the Royal Priors, opposite Carluccio's.
*Leamington Studio Artists (LSA) are a charity dedicated to supporting artists in the local area whose aim is ‘to foster and increase public interest, awareness and appreciation of the visual arts.’
Example of black and white print out of your square cropped image. From this you will learn how to ‘grid-up’ and accurately transfer your image onto your board.