This is THE class to learn more about portraiture....either for clay OR for your paintings.


So if you're saying, 'I paint portraits, I don't sculpt them',  let me tell you this - understanding form helps you paint form. 

And surprise, understanding form also helps you sculpt form.

Or if you're saying to yourself, 'that's all well and good, but I can't do that - mine will look inhuman'   Stop and hear me out.

I get it, I know approaching portraiture can be intimidating because we all know what a face is 'supposed' to look like and therefore we feel the pressure to create a likeness.

BUT that's not what this course is about - The first weekend is all about providing an introduction into breaking down the face into simple shapes through step by step techniques, demos, understanding proportions and anatomy plus a whole lot of 1-2-1 guidance.  

You can do with these techniques as you will - turn your portrait into an ogre, a fairy, female, male, give it a mo-hawk, horns or decide to spend some extra time after class to pursue a likeness...whatever you decide, goes. 

The follow-up class  (Saturday 30 September, 11-2 pm) will show you how to finish off your sculpture so it can be safely fired and look at surface finishes.
 

Therefore, this course is for you if....

----> You want to improve your figurative work (3-d AND/OR  2-d)

---->You are a total beginner or been practicing for a while and just want to learn more

----> Want a shortcut into techniques I've refined through 10 years of studying figures

----> Fancy a fun, challenging and interesting weekend.


 

THE DETAILS:

DATES: SATURDAY 23 AND SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER. PLUS SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

TIME: Sat/Sun 23/24 10AM - 4PM and Sat 30, 11-2PM

FEES: £215 (can be paid in instalments)

LOCATION:  Unit 10E, Owen O’Cork Mill, 288 Beersbridge Road, Belfast, BT5 5DX

Have any questions?

There are only 10 spaces on this course because I want to give you the attention and 1-2-1 guidance you deserve.  If you’re still not sure, send me an email and lets chat: