CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS

10 WEEK COURSE  "Become more skilful & confident in 2026"

Some of the most striking contemporary painting seen on social media in the last few years have been portraits. They have blended realism with abstraction using various inventive applications of paint to make the images look loose, spirited and dynamic. 

This course looks a ways to interpret faces using water soluble oils, watercolour, gouache, acrylics and mixed media. You can choose the medium that best suits you. Jason will be demonstrating approaches using all of the mediums listed above.

Don't panic! For those new to portraiture Jason will help you gain the basic painting skills required of the medium you are using.

You choose the pace you want to push into the experimental. No-one will be under pressure to move away from realism. The course is aimed to be a fun look at a few different methods of painting faces. Some methods may appeal. Others may leave you cold. You respond to what interests you. You can even explore combining drawing and painting media: watercolours, gouache, acrylic inks and coloured pencils. Jason will be always there to help and advise and provide a demonstration when it's needed.

Medium - water soluble oil, acrylics, gouache, watercolour

Level – This course would suit a painter who has a little experience of painting

Why does Jason think this course would be of value to you as a painter ?

This course is aimed at helping you see portrait painting as a creative art form, flexible to interpretation, offering practical ways to paint and draw in a less traditional, more experimental ways while still achieving a likeness.

What will you do on the course ?

• Gain greater understanding of various ways you could interpret a portrait.

• Examine both realistic and abstract approaches to portraiture.

• Explore using various drawing and painting media

• Create personal artworks using new approaches

What will you need to bring ?

You will need to bring your chosen painting medium plus some tracing paper, a drawing board, water pots and something to cover your table to stop it getting marked with paint.

You will also need to bring a pen and pencil, eraser and sharpener, some drawing paper and watercolour paper to the first lesson as well as your painting kit.

Tea and coffee are provided

email: jskill@tiscali.co.uk