Turn portrait painting on its head in this course as you learn a range of effective and simple strategies to paint faces with confidence.
Fun exercises covering proportion and perspective will help you 'draw what you see', play with colour, and discover how light and shade reveal crucial underlying anatomical form.
Explore a range of painting approaches from wiping out highlights, blocking in colour masses, to creating a monochrome portrait from Conte crayon to paint. Combine suggestion with definition and learn the art of 'less is more' by applying key details with the right brushes, finishing with convincing blending techniques.
Using both reference photographs and a live subject, you'II encounter useful techniques used by artists through the ages like the grid method and more.
The painting approaches covered in Painting Faces can be applied to any painting subject. For all artistic abilities, this course is perfect for everyone wishing to expand their techniques and creative horizons!
Tony Windberg is a professional artist who has shared his knowledge and enthusiasm for art with students for over 3 decades. After completing his B.A. (Fine Arts) degree from Curtin University in 1986, Tony began his exhibiting career with numerous solo exhibitions and interstate group exhibitions. His focus has always been on the natural world. The landscape is the setting to explore ideas about people’s relationship with and responsibility for the planet.
His landscape-based artworks have received significant WA and national art awards.
Tony works in a wide range of traditional painting and drawing media from paints to pencils and pastels. He also continually explores new and unconventional materials and techniques. A popular teacher, he combines a deep respect for painting tradition with a sense of artistic adventure!
Examples of Tony’s artwork can be seen on the Tony Windberg website. He is represented in WA by Art Collective WA.