Portraiture

I started the year by teaching portraiture. I think it's my favourite topic. I always have some many ideas and never actually do all of them.

In Australia I loved browsing the pages of 'Lets Face It'; a book that celebrates the Archibald prize winners (The Archibald Prize is an event where artists are invited to submit a portrait for national competition - highly pretigious).

Craig Ruddy with his portrait of David Gulpilil.

 

Cherry Hood

This year I have decided to start with small workshops that explore the features of the face. I will present a different material for each feature so that way students are exposed to materials and processes as well.

First worksop was the eye with acrylic paint. They all did a good job. It always surprises me that when you focus on one feature at a time, students are able to do work far above expectations.

The students seemed to enjoy the acylic eye workshop so we continued to explore different eyes in different materials; felt tip pen and ink wash.

More photos for final products to come....