ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
In this two day workshop, figurative artist Marie Le Men will teach you various techniques to complete a full clothed figure from life, using your observation skills and working in ink and watercolour. You will learn how to bring your sketching skills to the next level by introducing subtle details and bringing in life and mood through spontaneous use of colour.
Open to beginners and intermediate level learners, this is an introduction to drawing and painting an expressive full figure portrait from life, in a personal style. The approach focuses first on structuring a head in planes and blocks, with free cross hatching in ink or fine liner, secondly on watercolour, exploiting the unique properties of this medium, which is notoriously challenging but offers great practicality, speed and ease of use, as well as an infinity of effects such as translucency, washes and glazes.
The course will present the participants with an opportunity to discover the subtle art of figurative drawing in an accessible and practical way, and to inspire amateurs to pursue this practice on a regular basis through life drawing and sketching their surroundings. The focus will be to learn how to be selective, to avoid copy or literal interpretation, and to infuse a portrait with one’s own aesthetic through choices of colours, patterns, composition, so as to convey one’s idea of the person depicted. The presence of a model and colourful contrasting lighting will help achieve lively results.
In a little demo and through examples of her work, Marie will provide tips and some basic principles of observational drawing to equip participants with some technical knowledge to get started. The second part will focus on painting and use of glazes and wet-on-wet techniques. The participants will make several portraits using different techniques, with a time limit per portrait.
Taking full advantage of having a model you will work on a variety of short poses and exercises focusing on drawing ears, hands, etc as well as drawing and painting the full figure in various poses.
You may also like the following events from Schoolhouse for Art:
- This Saturday, 4th October, 10:00 am, Street Scenes in Watercolour with Kasper Zier at the Schoolhouse for Art in Bray
- Next Friday, 10th October, 10:00 am, Interiors of Russborough with Dave West at the Schoolhouse for Art, Russborough in Bray
- This month, 25th October, 10:00 am, Oil Painting A Rustic Still Life with Nicholas Robinson at the Schoolhouse for Art in Bray
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