Mediums: Oil or acrylic – Mel will work in oil
Level: All levels welcome
Class Dates: Wednesdays, October 14-November 4, 2026
Class Times:
• 10:00 am-12:30 pm Pacific Time
• 1:00 pm-3:30 pm Eastern Time
• 6:00 pm-8:30 pm UK Time
Please note: Due to the daylight saving time change, class on October 28 will take place from 5:00–7:30 pm (UK time)
There is no subject more instinctively fascinating to us than the human face. I love to study and sketch sculptures on my travels, and snapped images of some favourites while I was in Rome this year.
In this workshop, we will work from my images of these gorgeous, sculpted faces. Giving us a beautiful starting point, they already contain expression and emotion, as captured by the sculptor and are ready to be translated into our own, painted versions.
Starting with sketching, I will show you a few key, anatomical points of the head/skull that I find useful to plot a course and define the structure behind facial features. Then we will work on painted studies using a simple, very limited palette. Subtle colours will allow us to focus mainly on form (but still play a little with warm and cool temperature shifts).
All levels are most welcome! Faces can be intimidating, but I will help you see that any subject is just made up of shapes. This experience will leave you with stronger skills for any kind of future portraiture work.
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$295.00
Mel Williamson lives and paints on Salt Spring Island, BC, where she creates work in a variety of genres, including the human figure, landscape and still life. Her work has been described as “impressionistic, fresh and honest” and has a unique expressive quality, through bravura brushwork.
Known as a kind, generous and open teacher, Mel shares her knowledge and practices with others in an encouraging manner. She teaches online and in-person in Vancouver and Italy. She loves oil paint in all of its materiality and possibility, and believes there are no mistakes, only progress.
Mel is represented by three galleries in Canada: on Salt Spring Island and Sidney, BC and in Toronto, ON.
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