Expression through Portrait

with Katherine Griffin

This course will enable you to discover your artistic talents through a range of media and challenging ideas. You will be given the opportunity to express yourself and your interests, particularly through the use of portraits. Materials will range from the traditional: oil paint, acrylics, pen and ink to recycled everyday objects, old books, things found on the floor, wool, wire, old clothes, sugar, food colorings, make-up. Each week you will be introduced to a new concept and discover things about yourself and art. The weeks will run up to creating a final image and you will be taught how to stretch and prime a canvas.

Katherine studied at the Slade School of Fine art with artists Ewan Uglow and Jenny Saville. She is a qualified art teacher and exhibits both locally and nationally.

Ten Thursdays starting 17th April at Evolution
2.00 - 4.00 pm

Ten Thursdays starting 17th July
2.00 - 4.00 pm

Cost: £80 (£65 concessions) per course

Note: The price does not include materials:

Materials List

Please bring the following equipment to the first week of the course, if possible. A 15% discount at Clarkes Stationers, who sell a good range of artists materials, is available for Evolution customers. Just present them with your booking confirmation, which you will receive at the time of booking. At the first class you will be given a list of any further materials that will be required for the course.

Mirror
Artist Pencil – 2B
Stick of charcoal, piece of chalk
Oil pastels
Paints:
Selection of oil colour: your choice but best colours for portrait based study: yellow ochre, flesh tint, mixing white, alazillion crimson,
Acrylic inks: Daler Rowney – FW Acrylic Ink
Black Indian ink: We can split the cost of a bottle between us

We will be making our own mark making tools to draw with from ordinary household objects, cotton buds, scourers, twigs, feathers, anything that might make an interesting mark.

We will also be creating self portraits from old books, magazines, string and make up – so collect these if you can.

A good selection of brushes:
For oils: filbert brushes
For acrylic and inks: softer brushes get 00 for detail.
Primer Brush
Sketchbook paper, pva glue, scissors

When it comes to stretching our own canvas, you can buy wood to make the frames very cheaply and I advise you buy 10oz cotton duck. You will need some gesso primer and the staple gun will be provided but if you do have your own or feel it is something you will continue to do the best one for the job I’ve found is in Clarkes stationers – you don’t need anything too heavy duty for this.