Portraits in Watercolour - Aine Divine

Welcome to this 3-day watercolour portraiture workshop with Aine Divine RSW. If you want to bring a more expressive feel to your portraits, while losing none of the underlying structure, then this workshop is for you. Each day will begin with a demonstration. Aine will discuss ways she eases herself into the painting process, encouraging you to keep a radar up for any tension that may arise. She will focus on colour mixing and tone, finding ways to represent the shadows on the skin, the hair and so on. She will explain the benefit of using flat brushes to explain the position of the features and the general forms of the model. Aine will also demonstrate lifting off, so that you feel the freedom of being able to lay the colour down with confidence, knowing you can ‘eat into it’ like a rubber in charcoal later on. During the painting process you'll be encouraged to become fully attentive, observing the shapes that make up the model, then - steadying yourself - commit to the mark with ease. As the day goes on, Aine will see each person individually and listen to your intentions for your painting. There really is great joy to be had in working from life in this way, looking and painting down our fresh discovery’s moment by moment. There will be a different model each day. And you’ll move a few places clockwise each morning, so everyone gets a different view. We will stop painting half an hour before the end so we can look at and celebrate the paintings that evolved during the day. https://youtu.be/u9vcHlGjrN8?is=B86XJ7tUC4nyQ1Ra Tutor: Aine Divine Date: 7th to 9th May 2027 Tutor website: http://www.ainedivinepaintings.co.uk

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