This five day course focuses on portrait painting from life using the sight size method.
Working from professional models, participants will develop accuracy in proportion, value and edge through sustained observation and careful construction of a painted portrait.
Three professional life models
One model shared between two students.
Maximum of five participants
Individual guidance throughout all 5 days.
Setting up and working using the sight size method
Accurate comparative measurement
Establishing exact proportion and likeness
Understanding light and shadow in portrait painting
Colour mixing and value design
Developing a portrait from block-in to refinement
Total fee: £750
All courses are taught by Luke Nolan, trained in Florence at Charles H. Cecil Studios and in Salisbury at Sarum Studios.
Materials Workshop | Sunday 5 July | £125
Cast Drawing Course | 14–17 July | £450
Figure Drawing Course | 20–24 July | £600
Sight Size Portraiture Course | 27–31 July | £750
All four courses can be taken individually or together as a complete month of training.
Full programme fee: £1500 (reduced from £1925)
Places for the full programme are limited to 5 participants.