Artist of the Year: Masterclass S1:E2

Exploring Tone

In this first masterclass, Artist of The Year judge Tai-Shan Schierenberg will be introducing one of the most essential principles of painting; how to observe and understand tone.

How to Paint Trees

Adebanji's passion for trees is completely infectious - we marvelled at the way he looks at them, and through his eyes we see so much more, so here we share his palette and techniques which we hope you'll love.

Miniature Portraits

Morag's ability to capture the essence of her subject with very few lines makes her well suited for miniature portraits.

Introduction to Inks

Fujiko provides an introduction to the use of inks as a medium by creating a landscape using a variety of different techniques.

Building a Portrait

Gareth shares his techniques and measured approach to building a portrait.

Painting with a Limited Palette

Wendy demonstrates how a portrait can be produced with just the blending of 3 colours.

Animal Portraiture

Phoebe demonstrates her approach to creating a portrait of a pet.

Introduction to Still Life

Claire presents her approach to creating a still life.

Composition in Landscapes

Finn demonstrates his approach to creating an classic/romantic English landscape.

Loosening Up

Sara demonstrates her approach to loosening up her approach by using one large brush.

Observing Facial Features

Gareth demonstrates his approach to achieving a likeness in a portrait by breaking down the features into abstract shapes.

Botanical Flowers

Fujiko demonstrates her technique and approach to creating a botanical drawing with ink, using both brush and pen.

Painting with Lines

Morag demonstrates her approach to creating a portrait with lines observing body language and posture.

Figures in Landscape

Adebanji demonstrates his approach and tips for putting figures into a landscape.

Child Portraiture

Phoebe demonstrates her approach for child portraits using charcoal on a soft pastel card.

Playing with Colour

Christian discuses; mixing colours, how to layout a palette and how to use colour expressively.

Painting Skies and Clouds

Finn demonstrates how he paints the sky and clouds.

Drawing with Paint

Wendy demonstrates how she begins a portrait by drawing with paint, which is her favourite part of the process.

How to Approach a Portrait

Tai consolidates the various lessons about portraiture and demonstrates how he would approach a portrait.

Introduction to Life Drawing

Gail introduces the fundamentals of Life Drawing.

Mixed Media Portraiture

Amy introduces mixed media portraiture, which encourages experimentation.

Tricks to Finding Likeness

Polly demonstrates her tips and tricks to capturing a likeness in a portrait, including the use of a grid.

Self Portraiture

Tom demonstrates his approach to creating a self portrait, and how the artist describes himself in an image.

Pastel on Stencil Paper

Lorna demonstrates the use of pastels on stencil paper as a medium for portraiture.

Perspective in Urban Landscape

Stuart demonstrates the rules of perspective to be applied in the construction of an urban landscape.

Connecting with your Sitter

Curtis demonstrates both his artistic abilities in creating a portrait and his approach to connecting with his sitter.

Composing from Life

Brogan extols the benefits of creating a portrait with a live model.

Patterns

Jude demonstrates how she captures patterns in a painting or uses them, something that she enjoys.

Introduction to Watercolour

Charles presents the basic principles to create a watercolour portrait, he uses a tracing of a previous sketch as a underpainting.

Painting on Wood

Alvin outlines the steps to prepare a wood panel for painting, and how each unique piece of wood can influence the completed painting.

Painting on Black

Cat explains and demonstrates her approach in creating a landscape on a black background, and how it enhances the colour.

Monochrome Palette

Amy demonstrates her approach to creating a monochrome painting from a black and white vintage reference photo as finished work or a tone exercise.

Drawing with Coloured Pencils

Curtis shares his secrets for creating a in depth portrait that creates mood and atmosphere using coloured pencils.

Painting Hands

Brogan demonstrates a simplified process for painting a sitters hands that can make the work more dynamic.

Painting with Gold Leaf

Lorna shares her gilding technique using gold leaf in a portrait to enhance the work.

Pushing Colour in Portraiture

Tom demonstrates how enhance a portrait by pushing the use of colour.

Creating Textures in Charcoal Landscapes

Stuart demonstrates his various techniques and tips for creating textures in his landscapes using just charcoal and a rubber.

Narrative in Portraiture

Jude demonstrate how she inserts narrative into portraiture either subtlety or surrealistic.

Improvising with Watercolour

Charles explains and demonstrates how how watercolours can be used improvise and create images from your imagination.