Figures & Faces with watercolour and mixed media
This course will help you to develop your drawing skills to attain likeness and character to your portraits and figures. Judy will teach you 5 essential painting elements when painting figures & faces, be it a lion or a person: drawing, value, colour, composition and edges, then you will learn how light and colour influence skin tones. You will learn how to work from photographs and how to bring your portraits to life. You will also learn how to indentify colour and temperature of light and shadow and to obtain those great purples, greens and red tones. Choosing your own subject to work with will help personalize your paintings.
Entry Requirements
This is an intermediate class. Some watercolour painting experience is required.
Student Instructions
You will need to bring the following to the FIRST class so you can start working on your paintings
MATERIAL LIST
Brushes: Art Basics or Neef Squirrel mop brush No 12 (chisel point brush).) NB This brush costs around $40 but will be your favourite and most used brush, OR 1 x Round Taklon No. 12 (cheaper version) &1 x No. 8 Round, 1 x No.2 Taklon Rigor Brush, 1 x ¾” – 1” Flat top taklon (optional), plus extra brush approx No 6 – 8 in size for masking fluid with point
Some of these can be bought in Bunnings or Spotlight (shop around). Avoid pkts (sets) of brushes as most you won’t use
Paint Brands: Art Spectrum (AS), Windsor & Newton (W&N), Maimeri Blu. (Artists’ Quality are advised)
Colours: Raw Sienna (W&N), Lemon Yellow(AS), Indian Yellow(Rowney), Ultramarine Blue(AS), Cerulean Blue (W&N or Rowney), Pthalo Blue(AS), Permanent Magenta or Alizarin Crimson(W&N), Scarlet Lake(AS), Burnt Sienna(AS), White Gouache (Watercolour)
Paper: 2×300gm sheets Medium Cold pressed Arches, 1×185gm sheet Arches Cold pressed,
Palette: deep wells with lid to store and/ or mix paints, 2 white plastic plates.
Miscellaneous:
Windsor & Newton Art masking Fluid (not permanent), masking rubber
Tissues and towelling
1 x board (sealed) aprox. 62cms x 47 cms (To hold ½ sheet of arches paper).
Roll of masking paper
1×4B Pencil & Kneadable Rubber
Sketching pad A4 size (Acid free cartridge paper)
Water spray bottle (fine spray) & large water container
Piece of candle or white oil pastel, old credit card (optional)
Hair dryer, old shaggy stiff toothbrush, plastic drinking straw
Small piece of soap and a sea sponge
Black Ink- Water resistant, plus pen & nib or bamboo pen
Any queries regarding materials please don’t hesitate to contact Judy on her email address judyzart@tpg.com.au
Topics
5 essential painting elements when painting figures & faces – drawing, value, colour, composition and edges
how light and colour influence skin tones
how to bring your portraits to life
how to indentify colour and temperature of light and shadow
how to obtain great purples, greens and red’s for skin tones
Career Prospects
n/a
Delivery Style
demonstration and hands on
Outcomes
Learn from one of the Gold Coast’s most popular artist/teacher the basics of achieving success in watercolour. You will have completed several works during this course.
