5th Oct Palette Knife Portraits in Oils (from photos) with Mark Fennell
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Description
Palette Knife Portraits in oils (from photographs) with Mark Fennell
Saturday 5th October 2024
10am – 4pm
Attic Studio
Intermediates
Paint bold expressive portraits from photographic reference with painting knives. Explore knife painting techniques, laying the paint on thick to create a rich painting full of texture and energy. The workshop will kick off with a short demonstration followed by lots of one to one tuition to help you paint a powerful and convincing portrait with painting knives. Over the day, you will be working from good quality reference photographs that will be supplied or alternatively you can bring your own references to paint from. They must be good quality A4 images.
About Mark
Mark is an elected member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Oxford Art Society and Buckinghamshire Art Society. His work has been selected for exhibition with The Royal Society of Portrait Painters and The Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall galleries London. Marks has contributed and featured in the following publications - The Artist, Artist and Illustrators and SAA Paint magazine. www.markfennell.co.uk
All attendees receive 5% off in our shop adjacent to Studio One at Pegasus Art.
Recommended Equipment List
- One pre-primed canvas board or stretched canvas, size approximately 18” x 14”. No deep canvases please, as photo references can’t be clipped to the side of them. Ground your canvas with a thin wash of acrylic or oil paint made up of burnt sienna lightened down to a light to mid tan with titanium white, must be dry on the day) We can prime the canvas for you at Pegasus for an extra cost of £2.50 on top of the price of the canvas.
- Long handled hog filbert brushes sizes 2 or 4 for the initial sketch out and a size 8 or 10 for blocking in prior to working with palette knives.
https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/painting-brushes-oil-paint-brushes.irc
- Palette knives – minimum requirement, RGM palette knives sizes 1,5,42,81 or similar. Good quality / spring not stiff knives please. RGM are nice & springy. https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/rgm-set-of-6-palette-knives-non-stick-coated-steel.ir
- Good size flat mixing palette (no plates or foil trays please). https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/cappelletto-walnut-palette-25x35cm-rectangle.ir
- Oil colours as follows: titanium white, naples yellow (optional), cadmium yellow pale, yellow ochre, cadmium red, alizarine crimson, burnt sienna, ivory black, french ultramarine. https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/painting-oil-paints.irc
- Odourless solvent/oil paint dilutant, Zest It https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/zest-it-oil-paint-dilutant-brush-cleaner-eco-solvent.ir
-and a dipper pot. https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/metal-twin-dipper-with-lids-seal.ir
- A good size jam jar with a lid (or two!) to clean brushes and hold thinner.
- Rags or a kitchen roll to clean brushes and a plastic carrier bag to hold the dirty kitchen roll.
Please don’t forget to bring a packed lunch, snacks and water with you. There is tea and coffee available throughout the day.
Please take care to check our Terms & Conditions in relation to our cancellation policy:
https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/terms-and-conditions.irs#workshopterms
Delivery
Delivery
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