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What Portraiture Means to Me
Whilst I incorporate various subject matter into my artwork, portraits are an opportunity to work with the familiar and the mysterious all at the same time. As artists, we are all curious, I think, and the challenge of representing the complexities of the human face and form are what keeps me coming back to the easel again and again.
I paint a little of myself into each and every portrait I create. So that whether I am working from life, reference imagery or my imagination, there is an urge to express what is deep inside in order to connect with the world around me. Each portrait becomes a part of my own unique experience.

These lessons are extracted from my longer course Portraits – Your Art, Your Way. If you have taken my newest long course, Portraits – Your Art, Your Way, you already have access to these lessons.
This is course is for those who are interested in getting a taste of my teaching style while learning how I create a portrait from start to finish, every mistake and every brush stroke.
The course is delivered via email immediately upon completion of registration. Links to the PDF materials are provided. All PDFs and videos are downloadable, and I encourage you to download all of the course content to your personal computer or device as soon as your confirmation email arrives.
Course Content
Lesson One
Creating a quick, dynamic charcoal drawing with energy and expression.
Lesson Two
Working into this initial drawing to create a likeness to your reference, concentrating on form, shadows and light, mark-making and emotion.
Lesson Three
Mixing a colour palette for your portrait.
Lesson Four
Using your charcoal drawing and reference image to create an expressive portrait in acrylics.

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Materials
You will use simple drawing materials such as charcoal and acrylics. However, the purpose of my demonstrations is not to make you a slave to the materials I am using but to encourage you to work with the materials that best enable you to create the portraits you wish to create. So you can use anything you like!
The Materials List is filled with suggested items only based on the demonstrations. If you have studied on one of my courses already, it is likely you will already have most of the materials. The materials list is available after registration.