Pauline Adair - Portrait Workshop

I've worked a bit more on my portrait from my 'Pauline Adair' workshop.  

Looking good......great likeness of my Grandpa. 

'Old Jack'

oil on stretched canvas

50 x 50cm

Pauline Adair - Portrait Workshop

Today I attended a Pauline Adair portrait workshop, with the Samford Art Group.  This is the second workshop that I've done with Pauline....the first one she taught was on 'Nudes'.  As with the 'Nude' workshop, this portrait class is turning out to be just as good....loving what I'm learning!

.....Pauline doing a demo, & some of her amazing portraits in the background. 

I decided to paint a portrait of my Grandfather.  He is 93 years old next month...can't wait for him to see it finished.  Above is a few 'planning' sketches. 

.....under-painting 

....starting to take shape, & I feel I've got a pretty good 'likeness'. 

Looking forward to next weeks class to finish it off!

Samford Art Group - Workshop

These are some images of a workshop that I tutored for the Samford Art Group.

They all worked off the same reference photo of 2 children going for a walk on a bush track.

'reference photo'

.....some of the artists, busy with their creations.

....everyone's artwork was amazing...they did such a great job.

....it was very interesting to walk around and view all of the paintings.  Everyone had the same reference photo, but they were all so different.  Each artist, viewed and interpreted the scene in their own way....there's no right or wrong...they were all fantastic!

I really enjoyed myself, and I hope all the ladies did too.  I'm looking forward to returning in early October....we're going to 'tackle' a 'figurative street scene'.

Aspley Art Group - One Day Workshop

Today I taught my first 'workshop' for the 'Aspley Art Group'.  It was a group of 12 lovely ladies, who made me feel very welcome... which helped to 'chase' those 'nerves' away.

I'm pretty much self-taught....I have never taught before, so I guess I was a little worried about how to actually 'run' a class.

I prepared myself by completing 2 small paintings at home first.  I wanted to time myself to see how quickly I could finish 2 simple landscape artworks. These are my 'step-by-step' photos of the 2 paintings we did.....

Some of the completed artworks by the students...all different but all very good, they should all be very proud...great work.

I was pleased with the way the day turned out.  Everyone in the class managed to complete 2 beautiful paintings, and it was great to see everyone learning and practicing different techniques.  It was very satisfying for me, I enjoyed myself and I think everyone else did too.  I'm looking forward to returning later on in the year for future classes.