Portrait Painting Workshop with Dominique Millar – 22 March 10am-4:30pm

Portrait Painting Workshop with Dominique Millar

Sunday 22 March, 10:00am – 4:30pm

$160

Art Month Sydney Workshop

This painting class is for students who would like to learn the fundamentals of how to paint a portrait from life. The class caters for both complete beginners in oil painting and those with some previous experience.

In a relaxed environment and through a step by step approach, learn how to gain control over oil painting using no more than four colours.* Discover the potentials of tonality and colour within a limited colour flesh palette, without becoming overwhelmed by a new medium.

*Students may use more colours if they wish.

This one day workshop will address:

• An art historical background to portraiture
• Oil painting materials
• The proportions and bony landmarks of the human head
• The tonal scale and observing tone
• How to employ a palette knife in mixing a flesh palette with nine tints of colour from dark to light.
• Observing and mixing relative warm and cool hues
• Massing in tone and bands of colour

Material List:

• Two eight inch gesso boards, preferably oil – primed but not essential – roughly 30cm x 25cm
• Linseed oil
• Odourless solvent OR oil of spike lavender
• Four round oil painting synthetic brushes (minimum) 2 size 6 and 2 size 8
• Large palette
• Palette knife
• Paper towels
• Oil Colours: Light Red, yellow ochre, burnt umber brown, titanium white (minimum)

Previous Feedback:

‘Dominique chose learning tasks that practiced skills relevant to beginners, which we mostly were. Dominique also offered intermediate students scope to improve skills. He offers constructive feedback individually and promotes a friendly and interactive studio approach.’

‘Dom is extremely knowledgeable and a thoughtful tutor who immediately gave help when any of us needed it.’

‘I have studied the course for the second time and thanks to Dominique’s ingenuity there was not a single boring moment I have learnt a lot and I’m looking forward to the next course with him. Thank you Dominique for being such a fantastic teacher.’

‘Dominique’s classes have re-ignited my love of drawing. Absolute quality teaching. It has been a pleasure to be part of this class.’