I will be starting group portrait painting sessions in the Bridgewater area in the new year. These will be 3-hour, weekly sessions painting/drawing from live, clothed models. There will be no instructor, but we all learn from each other and enjoy the camaraderie. These will be ongoing, but grouped 8 sessions at a time. […]
“A portrait is a celebration, of love, of life or of achievement.” This 4-day workshop (over four weeks) will be held at the Chester Art Centre. It will focus on head-and-shoulders portrait studies, painted from live models. Although many of today’s portraits are made from photographs, nothing teaches you more about painting than working from life. […]
Eric Rhoads, publisher of Plein Air Magazine, declared that the “plein air” painting movement is “the new golf.” Plein air is a French term that literally means “outdoors,” and it was used in France in the late 19th century to describe the Impressionists, who went outdoors to paint en plein air. The term stuck, and today […]