Level: Any

Using your own image, we will work through a step-by-step process to create a pet portrait in oils or acrylics.  Our goal is to make the eyes come alive, giving both the animal and your painting plenty of personality!
I hope to inspire you with some new ideas and techniques that you can take away and apply to your own work.  Advice and demonstrations will be provided throughout the day.

You will be working from your own image, either from an I-pad or you can use a photograph at least 5” x 5”.  The animal’s eyes must be clear and in focus. Crop your image so that it is square.  The head of the animal should take up most of the frame. For good (free to use) reference images see www.pixabay.com

Type of medium used: Acrylic paint or oils.

Materials provided: 8″ x 8″ gesso board (£5 to tutor on the day)

What to bring:

• A Painting Shirt or Apron

• 8” x 8” Ampersand Gessoboard (or buy from Lucy on the day for £5)

• A Colour Photograph of your animal or an image on an ipad / tablet. 

• The better the reference image – the better the painting!

• A Black & White Print Out of your square cropped image as large as you can make it on an A4 piece of paper (see image)

• A selection of Brushes, Pencil

• Artist Quality Paints (Oils or Acrylics) eg. Daler Rowney starter set

• Palette Knife, Paper Palette and a Box to take your work home in.

• A roll of paper towel

• Acrylics only: A stay wet palette (if you have one - not essential)  

• Oils only: A jar with a lid, ‘Liquin’ painting medium and some low odour thinners, some rags or plenty of paper towel to wipe brushes clean.

Cost: £70 per person