In this workshop, participants will develop a single oil painting of the portrait sitter over three days.

The workshop will look at efficient, repeatable ways of taking a complex, three-dimensional form (in this case, the human head) and translating that onto a two-dimensional surface. We will start with a simplified drawing on our canvases, in paint or in charcoal, and gradually sculpt that over the three days, building towards a luminous, full-contrast oil painting. Participants will also be introduced to a system of mixing a ‘flesh’ palette that aims to strike a balance between traditional and more modern understandings of colour theory.