Puzzling Portraits Thursday 9:00 - 4:30 $145 Pam Carriker
Student Level: Intermediate, some painting and drawing skills helpful
Type of Workshop: Process and Project
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Ever feel like you have all the pieces needed to create a portrait, but you just can’t quite get them all to fit together? Creating portraits can be a puzzling challenge, but like any puzzle it can be solved by patiently working through until the last piece is in place. I will share with you how the pieces of the face fit together as we work layer after layer, journal style on an 8 ½ x 11 puzzle board to create a meaningful portrait all about what makes you, well-you!
I will teach you the techniques I use for turning sketches into paintings, shading, highlighting, how to incorporate journaling into your work, face mapping, and useful background techniques using a variety of media. When we finish our puzzle portraits they can be disassembled to fit into the hand drawstring muslin bag provided.
Each student will complete an 8 ½ x 11 puzzle portrait
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Kit fee of $15 payable to Instructor at class time includes:
- 8 1/2 x 11 Puzzle
- Faber Castel Pitt Artist Pen set of 4
- Graphite pencil
- Kneaded eraser
- all in a drawstring muslin bag
Supplies Provided by Instructor: - Matisse paints and mediums
- Assorted stamps to use
- Stencils and other texture tools
- Inks
- Pens
- Charcoal
Students should bring:
- Paint brushes
- Water container
- 8 x 10 copy of a photo of your face-note: this only needs to be a computer print-out in black and white on regular computer paper (this will only be used for reference so no need to worry about ink quality etc)
- List of 12 words that describe you and a short sentence about each word. This project is a journaling exercise, and it will help the class to move more quickly and lessen your stress if you have some idea of what words/text you’d like to incorporate into your portrait beforehand.
Questions? Email Pam at pcarrikersart@yahoo.com
Website: pamcarriker.com