The Portrait: Colour & Design
6 Week Class ONLINE | This course is completed
From Picasso's blue period to Frederick Varley's emerald figures, colour can be a key element of memorable portrait drawings and paintings. This online course explores colour from psychological, cultural and theoretical points of view.
Each week, we will explore the meaning and expressive potentialities of a different colour through the lens of the portrait. We will look at colour association, the emotions of colour and learn colour theory in context. We will discover the range of possibilities using mixed-media materials and create expressive contemporary portrait drawings and paintings with an emphasis on narrative, colour and design - drawing inspiration from artists and designers who have used the portrait as their subject and inspiration.
Base Tuition: $280 + Model Fee: $70 = $350 Total
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What You Will Learn:
- How to draw and paint the figure with a focus on colour and design
- How to enhance the narrative of the portrait through colour and design
- How to use various materials to make a statement and enhance visual aesthetics
- How to develop imagery with spontaneity and an emphasis on mark making
- How to make organic expressive art with dip pens, watercolour and ink
- Learn essential colour theory
Tim McCormack
Tim is an accomplished artist with thirty years of teaching experience to college students and adult learners. He is a lead instructor in the Figure Drawing Stream in the Bachelor of Animation Program at Sheridan College. Tim creates landscape, portraiture and figurative art and is inspired by so many drawing materials that he finds in and outside of art supply stores. A graduate of OCADU, he has had several solo shows of watercolours, oils and pastels and his work is also found in private collections.