Portrait Workshops, Models & Artists Wanted

On Fridays at  Beach Creative, Beach House, Beach Street, Herne Bay, CT 5 PT

Looking  for another model. The system is simple. We ask a model to sit for two, three hour, sessions on a Friday from 10.00 to 13.00,  of course with breaks and we have between four to eight artists who  attend. In return the model receives a finished portrait for sitting .  The portraits in this blog are from workshops earlier in the year.

 Bi - George

As I am responsible for the completed portraits I have to ensure that the quality of the portraits is of an acceptable level which of course is debatable. So far the models that we have used I have known previously for some time and I am familiar to an extent with their characters. I feel it is important to work from life and photographic reference  as I try to combine the two approaches. The ideal would be to only work from life but my working methods would require the model to spend an unacceptable amount of time sitting so I compromise. This process still takes time and the sitter may have to wait for the portrait to be completed for several weeks.

Katrina

I like to explore how I can incorporate some of the traits I see in the sitter in to the portrait but I do not have a particular idea in mind when I start. I like ideas to creep up on me while I am painting or considering the sitter. I  would say my style is contemporary realism as I wish to a have recognizable portrait that is clearly painted. My aim is to get the sitters to enjoy the process, as it is not a normal activity for most of us to be painted, and hopefully, happy  to hang  the finished portrait on their wall.

The main reason for the workshop is to encourage artists new or old to take a look at portraiture and to be able to try it.The method we use allows for about six hours of painting from life and the addition of  a photograph to use between sittings.  All at an affordable cost. I hope that you might like to join us either painting or modeling.  If you live near or can get to Herne Bay during the day, why not consider having your portrait painted by myself and the other Artists who attend the workshop.

Our next  portrait session take place on 8th - 15th November and another to follow  29th November - 6th December 

If you wish to see more work why not look at my Facebook page;- Peter Green  (PEG)