In celebration of the forthcoming Coronation we attempted to create a portrait or picture connected with this special event. Cakes were provided which certainly helped with our creativity!
A Right Royal Portrait
Tag: portrait
Speedy portraits
On 31st March, Lynda led a workshop on fast portaits. It involved sketching portraits of each other, using only fine-line pens, each one being done in less than 20 minutes. Pens and paper were provided. At the end of the morning a ‘Rogues Gallery’ was set up. This was a challenging but really fun day, with members producing some lovely work.
Costume model with Louise
A Society member, Louise, said she would model for us and wore a fantastic bright and colourful outfit. In the first session we had 10 minutes slots to sketch Louise as she changed positions. After coffee we had the opportunity to draw a more detailed picture from one pose. Everyone had a fun morning.
First, our model…
Some sketches…
And a splash of colour…
Soft pastels
The Rainbow Method
Julia Ogden showed us how to paint an acrylic portrait in a very unusual way. We were asked to bring a canvas or paper ready painted in YELLOW with the image pencilled on. We added lilac for all the shadows and continued with red for any warm tones we could see. Now we added green to our lilac and then used white to make corrections and to set highlights. With a small brush we used blue to paint in the details of the eyes and any lines. A brown watery wash finished the work.
Halifax Art Society 