‘Feathers and Lace’ is a twelve part online course, over four hours, that demonstrates how to use slow drying acrylics to create a photorealist fantasy inspired owl painting. We take a deep dive into my process where I show you how to prepare your substrate, utilise a sta wet palette, explore compositional techniques, digital manipulation of references, gridding techniques, colour mixing, glazing, overpainting and varnishing. I take you from start to the finish of a resolved artwork where you will learn to master how to paint owl feathers and various lace fabrics. This course is perfect as an introduction into slow drying acrylics or even for more experienced artists who would like to learn specific techniques for painting birds. The principles in this course can also be applied to other areas of your painting practice. This course has unlimited access and all lessons can be downloaded.
I have been teaching for twenty years and refining my style for the past fifteen. I would love to share my experience and joy of creating with you in a five lesson course over 2.5 hours, which spans three different projects and variety of wet and dry mediums. If you have been looking for detailed demonstrations on how to achieve strong composition, apply stylisation and rendering techniques specific to portraiture or simply are searching for new media and substrates then this is exactly where you need to be. We will explore shading with mechanical pencils, alcohol markers, alcohol inks, watercolour markers, watercolour and coloured pencil in mixed media formats on various substrates. This course has lifetime access and all lessons can be downloaded.
This tutorial, ‘Botanical Portraits’, is part of a larger year long course “Paint Your Heart and Soul 2023’ where over 50 lessons are on offer from artists across the world. This tutorial is suitable for beginners but also more experienced artists who would like to experience the medium of slow drying acrylics. This project focusses specifically on colour mixing, chiaroscuro painting techniques, layering, blending skin tones and stylised portraiture. Techniques taught within this tutorial may also be transferable to other portraits. Please press the link below for more information about this course. The course commences January 2023 and is available until the end of December 2023. All lessons can be downloaded so you can work at your own pace.
This tutorial, ‘A Little Bit of Lace’, is part of a larger year long course “Lat’s Face It 2023’ where over 50 lessons are on offer from artists across the world. This tutorial is suitable for beginners but also more experienced artists who would like to experience the medium of acrylic within the genre of Pop- surrealism. This project focusses specifically on various painting techniques, stencilling, facial proportions and composition to create a resolved and finished portrait. Techniques taught within this tutorial may also be transferable to other styles of portraiture. Please press the link below for more information about this course. The course commences January 2023 and is available until the end of December 2023. All lessons can be downloaded so you can work at your own pace.
This tutorial, ‘Whimsical Wallhangings’, is part of a larger year long course “Paint Your Heart and Soul 2022’ where over 50 lessons are on offer from artists across the world. This tutorial is suitable for beginners but also more experienced artists who would like to experience the medium of paper clay within the genre of Pop- surreal sculpture. This project focusses specifically on hand building techniques, hollowing forms, glazing and firing processes to create an individual ceramic wallhanging. Techniques taught within this tutorial may also be transferable to air dry or polymer clay. Please press the link below for more information about this course. The course commences January 5th 2022 and is available until the end of December 2022. All lessons can be downloaded so you can work at your own pace.