November 18, 2023
Grace Anglican Church 19 Parkway Ave.
10 am – 3 pm
Cost $70 for Members, $80 Non-Members
Last day to sign up November 10th
Stephanie is an established multi-Disciplinary visual artist with over 40 years of experience, in portrait and figurative painting.
She is a member of the Portrait Society of Canada, Ontario Society of Artists, and the Society of Canadian Artists, and has over 25 years’ experience teaching visual arts.
Her ability as a multi- disciplinary artist enables her to focus more on leading and fostering students, whether privately or as groups, towards imagination & self -expression in her workshops.
The Contemporary Portrait
Taking Students outside of the traditional portraiture box, and discovering a colourful, expressive, and efficient way to create a different kind of portrait. Using an array of materials from paint to drawing tools, from patterns to line, while learning to successfully work from a photograph and/or a Mirror!
No previous portrait drawing or painting is required.
COURSE MATERIAL LIST
Course Name: The Contemporary Portrait Instructor’s Name: Stephanie Schirm This course is not suitable for beginners. I do insist on Artist Quality paints, as lesser quality do not achieve lush skin tones. Good Quality LONG HANDLED bristle or synthetic brushes as well. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE LIST OF COLOURS ARE ONLY INTENDED AS A BASE KIT FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE PAINT AVAILABLE Basic Palette of Artist quality paint: GOLDEN or LIQUTEX or Winsor Newton for oils Acrylic or Oils (if student has never worked in oil please bring acrylics instead) Titanium white Zinc White Yellow ochre Cadmium red medium Alizarin Crimson Paynes Grey / or mars black & colbalt blue Lemon Yellow Burnt Umber Cerulean blue Ultramarine blue Viridian green OR Hookers green Everyone MUST have a tube of Golden Acrylic N5 Grey Brushes Bristle or Synthetic brushes: #4 filbert, #8 flat, #8 filbert, #10 flat, #12 flat Large 1.5 – 2” brush (dollar store will do) A MUST Drawing Tools- any of these tools (Optional) Conte Pencils or sticks – soft – medium or Pencil Supports 1 Canvas board, OR stretched canvas, OR Wooden Canvas 16x20 (NO smaller) Sketch book Mediums: Polymer medium gloss and/or Glazing medium for Acrylics Appropriate medium for oils (Odorless)
