Drawing and painting traditional portraits: all levels

City Lit

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In London

£ 359 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This is a mixed ability course for all who wish to understand traditional methods for creating a portrait in both drawing and painting. The class will start with drawing and progress to painting in oils. You will work primarily from observation of portrait models.

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Location

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

Draw portraits more accuratelyDraw portraits from a variety of view pointsUnderstand composition and apply it to your portraitsDraw a head that looks three-dimensionalPrepare a surface for painting a portraitMix colours successfully from observationImprove your rendition of tone in portrait painting.

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Subjects

  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Art

Course programme

Proportion
Rotation of the head
Methods for improving observational portrait drawing
Colour mixing in paint for portraits
Taking inspiration from traditional portrait artists.


You will learn by practical demonstration, looking at the work of traditional portrait painters, one to one tuition, tutor demos and group discussion.
All basic materials are provided for the course
Students may wish to purchase a canvas or board for the portrait painting element. Your tutor will advise you about this during the class.
If you would like to buy art materials for your personal use outside of the course, City Lit students receive 10% discount off everything* from Cass Art, the UK’s leading art supplies retailer. Your tutor will advise you on what you should buy. You will need to show your enrolment receipt in-store to receive your discount. Visit the Charing Cross shop at 13 Charing Cross Road WC2H 0EP or find your local shop at and conditions apply, visit

Additional information


The City Lit Year of Figure and Portrait course will start again in October 2018 or you may wish to join one of the following courses at the end of this term:
VH892 Anatomical life and portrait drawing studio
VH759 Experimental approaches to portraiture.

General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00.
See the course guide for term dates and further details

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