Portrait Painting: Beginners +

Service Description

This class can be taken alone or together with portrait drawing in the two hours preceding it. If both classes are taken a discount of £10 per class can be applied, please contact the school. This class is for students of all levels who want to dig into the process of painting a portrait from life. Those who have attended before are more than welcome to attend another term and are sure to gain just as much! Over the 8 weeks, with a variety of models, we will start with the basics - the structure of the head and proportions of the features- and progress onto working with colour and tone, making an interesting composition and expressing mood. Materials List (Don’t worry if you don’t have absolutely everything!) • Oil paints: I use water soluble oils and recommend using them. There are a few brands – Duo, Cobra, and Artisan. - Large tube titanium white - Medium tubes: Cadmium yellow medium, Cadmium yellow light, Yellow ochre, Cadmium red medium, Cadmium red light, Alizarin crimson, Sap green, Ultramarine blue, Prussian blue, Burnt umber, Black (NB – cadmium are always more expensive so it’s fine to go with other reds and yellows!) • Brushes: a selection of brushes - bring what you have. Recommendation: filberts/flats in sizes 2,4,6,8,10; rounds in Sizes 1 and 2; 1 inch house painting brush • Canvases: At least 4 canvases for the course. They could be stretched canvas or canvas boards. Suggested size is around 9 x 12 inches, or 11 x 14 inches. They should already be gessoed and ready to go (many canvases come primed and ready to go). • Rags and paper towels • A lidded jar to take away any solvents (if using oil-based oil paints rather than water soluable) • Pencil • Rubber • Sharpener • Charcoal •Disposable palette pad (recommended, or regular palette if preferred) • Masking tape

Cancellation Policy

We will provide a 50% refund if you give written advance notice up to 30 days before the course start date. 0% refund 30 days before a course starts. Please note there is an administration fee of £5 payable in respect of such refunds to cover payment processing fees. You will need to inform a member of administration staff in writing by emailing EDS at info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk. Additionally, if you withdraw for any reason after the course has started you will not be entitled to a refund. We are a small business and we depend on every booking to ensure that classes can go ahead. If a student is unable to attend a class due to illness, then EDS must be informed immediately so that the tutor can be notified. If you are missing a class because you suspect that you have developed Covid-19, please let us know immediately so that we can alert fellow student and tutors. Non-attendance of classes/workshops does not automatically mean a refund, however EDS will assess the circumstance

Contact Details

• 13A Great King Street, Edinburgh, UK

  + 0131 556 0971

  info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk