Painting portraits in acrylics with Mic Chambers 18-20 May

A 3 day course with Devon based artist Mic Chambers. With lots of confidence and a dynamic and a fun loving approach Mic will guide students through the stages of portrait painting. Mic is excellent at encouraging students to really think about the personality and personal history of the sitter and how that might come through in a painted portrait. Portrait painting can be considered the same as landscape painting - the eyes and the mouth become recognizable geographical feature. Character, like hands and frown are an evolutionary statement. Most of us have two eyes, a nose and a mouth but the subtlety of their position and tone make for an endlessly fascinating study.

Mic Chambers is a self-taught artist. He studied alongside Ken Paine who was the President of the French Pastel Society and as a result of this he had an exhibition in Number Nine Gallery in Birmingham. He is a highly sought after portrait artist and teacher and his work has been in various galleries throughout the country including Sausmarez Manor in Guernsey, Coombe Galleries, Dartington, The Armada Gallery Plymouth, Somerville Gallery in Plymouth. For the Picture Me Now exhibition supported by The Prince of Wales and sponsoring the Prince’s Trust he chose to paint portraits of fellow artists and authors Mary Wesley, Bridget McCrum and David Leach.

Residential and non residential options available, check our website for more details.

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