Portraits With Sabine

In this course we will draw and paint portraits with a range of mediums. We will use tracing templates of human heads and faces as the basis onto which we will craft our pictures. Sabine will provide these and therefore learners do not need to have active skills in sketching human heads from observation in the three-dimensions.

We will explore how to work with portraits using thin and thick lines and fine-liners but also combine this with some charcoal and pencil. We will also learn how to make a three-layered watercolour portrait, applying shadows and leaving highlights.

Sabine will provide plenty of demonstrations for each step and will help each learner individually.

The course lasts for six sessions: 5th, 12th and 19th June and 3rd, 10th and 17th July. There will not be a session Thursday 26th June.

Learners please bring along the following:

-       A4 photocopying paper (or slightly thicker paper if they wish)

-       pencils (HB and 4B) and a pencil sharpener

-       watercolours and round brushes, size 10 or 12 and a very small brush (e.g. size 2, 3 or 4)

-       watercolour paper A4 size

-       a water container

-       a hard background, e.g. a sheet of cardboard or a book onto which to paste the watercolour paper

-       masking tape to past paper onto the backing board

-       a water resistant fine-liner e.g. 0.5 thickness

Sabine Kussmaul
is a visual artist and fashion designer who has many years of experience in
teaching drawing. She holds a PGCE(FE) and a Masters Degree in Fine Art and is
currently in the last stages of working on a PhD at the University of Chester,
researching drawing and installation in connection to the outdoor world.