Mel Williamson – Portraits Made Simple: Easy Steps with a Limited Palette (Online); Mondays, January 13-February 3, 2025

Dates: Mondays, January 13-February 3, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time, 1:00-3:30 PM Eastern Time, 6:00-8:30 PM London Time
Level: All
Medium: Oil or acrylic

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Develop your portrait skills with Mel Williamson in this fun, and supportive workshop using oil paints (or acrylics) and charcoal.

Using just four basic paint colours (known as the Zorn Palette) we can make virtually any colour needed to paint a portrait. A limited palette builds skills very quickly, and makes colour mixing less overwhelming.

We’ll explore a few key anatomical points of the skull, to help understand the structure behind facial features. And I will share tips on how (and where) to soften edges within a portrait, which is key for achieving a realistic look. By the end of our time together, you’ll have some new techniques under your belt and more confidence to tackle drawing and painting portraits. All levels are most welcome.

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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.

About Our Online Classes:

  • This class is taught live via Zoom. To take this class, you need a microphone and camera enabled computer OR an iPad /smart tablet OR a smart phone (android or IOS) and a strong internet connection.
  • You will have access to a private class message board on our website where you can share work, comment and ask questions. (Exact use of the message board, critique of student work and general class format is at the discretion of the instructor, please check course description for details.)
  • Class will be recorded and recordings expire 60 days after the final day of the course.
  • Participants will receive an email with the Zoom link and class details 5-7 days before the class starts (don’t forget to check your junk folder). Zoom link will also be posted in the class message board. Check your confirmation email for a message board link or visit your Online Classrooms to find your active classes.

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