Paint a Portrait in Oils With Catherine Macdiarmid

A fantastic opportunity to complete a portrait in one day.During the workshop you will be guided through using different oil painting equipment - from how to prepare surfaces, to using different painting mediums and mark making in relation to painting a portrait.You will learn how to map out a basic underpainting in tones followed by techniques of building layers of skin tones and colours.Through a combination of practical work, tutor demonstration and group discussion, you will:Learn the basics of painting in oils.
Expand mark making with oil paint.
Practice and develop painting a portrait oils.
Develop the representation of tone and skin colour.
Appreciate oil portraits by some other artists.You will need to bring:Oil Paint - Titanium White, Cadmium red, Alizarin Crimson, Yellow ochre, Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Umber or Burnt Sienna (plus other colours if you have them but they are not necessary)
2 X primed (gesso primer) practice surfaces (can be anything including paper)
1 other primed surface (any surface will do and it doesn't have to be expensive, as long as it is primed)
Range of brushes
Solvent - like Sansador, Zest It, low oudour solvent or pure turps (for diluting paint)
Linseed oil/oilmedium (optinal)
Solvent (for washing brushes like white spirit)
Material rags
Glass jars with lids
Palette - a flat tear off palette is best, or another flat surface (this is important)
Palette knife - to mix colours
Good quality image for painting (a large head shot with good light source is best)We have a Design shop at Rheged in case you are missing any materials.Catherine MacDiarmid is an award-winning artist from Kendal and has exhibited widely. She featured in the recent New Light Art Prize hosted at Rheged, and regularly has work in the Mall Galleries, London. She was a semi-finalist in the Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2019, and painted renowned journalist and news reporter John Snow, live on the Sky Arts channel in 2020. Catherine has 30 years' experience teaching art courses and workshops.10am-4pm, 70 pp
Max number of 14 people Minimum age 16
Please note tickets are non-refundable. Exchanges to other classes by the same tutor may be offered more than 2 weeks before the start date (subject to availability).