Human/Animal Portraits in Watercolour, Noosaville, August
23 - 24 August
9:00am - 4:00pm
Noosa Arts and Crafts Association
Wallace House
1 Wallace Drive. Noosaville QLD 4566
Air-conditioned studio. Kitchen and bathroom in the same building. Parking directly outside.
This weekend workshop focuses on painting portraits of humans and/or animals in watercolour, exploring a variety of styles. You’ll learn how to mix accurate skin tones for different skin types and master the techniques for realistically depicting facial features, hair, and fur. The workshop includes studies of facial anatomy before progressing to a full portrait. For those interested in animal portraits, Jan will cover methods for building up texture in fur or hair.
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A key part of the workshop will be a project using a limited palette, where you’ll reserve the white of the paper for the lightest areas. Jan will introduce a simple yet effective portrait painting technique that allows you to create lifelike portraits quickly with the right reference.
Bookings: Book through NACA HERE.
$150 for NACA members or $180 for non-members
What To Bring:
PAINTS: A range of professional quality watercolours and a large palette with plenty of room for mixing washes. Please don’t bring cheap paints as they are full of fillers and white paint. Please include a Phthalo Blue, Primary Yellow (any mid yellow that isn’t lemon or leaning towards orange or mustard) and Magenta (Permanent Rose). From these 3 primaries, any colour can be mixed.
BRUSHES: A variety of watercolour brushes in different sizes, including a large mop brush or hake for backgrounds and some smaller fine point brushes for details. Watercolour brushes should have short handles as the long handle ones are for oils and acrylics.
PAPER: 100% cotton watercolour paper, 300gsm in either Medium or Rough texture, at least A4 size. The only acceptable brands are Arches, Saunders Waterford or Masters Choice by Baohong. Fabriano Artistico is also acceptable as a last resort. No other brands please, as others will just result in frustration!
OTHER BASICS: 2 water pots, an old bath towel or terry towelling face washer, tissues, a board larger than your paper and something to prop up the end at an angle, masking tape. A plastic pipette or medicine dropper. If available, one sheet of graphite transfer paper. Jan will bring some for sale for $3 per sheet.
STATIONERY: Pen and paper for writing notes. Graphite pencil and kneadable eraser.
REFERENCES: Jan will provide the references for this workshop, but you are welcome to bring any of your own, or copyright-free images of loved ones or pets. You will need a colour high resolution photo and a photocopy for transferring.
If you have any questions about this list, feel free to contact me. Looking forward to painting with you!
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