## Portrait Painting in Oils // A 3 Day Workshop with Artist Nicholas Robinson // Friday July 25 - Sunday July 27
Painting the portrait is one of the longest traditions in oil painting; from van Eyck, Titian and Velázquez through to Reynolds, Romney and Raeburn and up to our present day.
Painting the portrait is a time honoured practice of the oil painter.
This 6 week course is designed to break down painting the portrait from the model into easily understandable principles.
The course will focus on;
- drawing and design of the head and face
- working with shadow and light to describe form
- colour theory and mixing to describe colour and light
- use of materials and technique in oil painting
- conveying mood and expression to capture the personality of the sitter.
Course Fee: €350
* Some materials will be provided, though a small materials list will be sent to each participant.
Your Tutor:
Nicholas is a Florence Academy of Art prize winner and graduate.
Nicholas finished his post-graduate studies at Ireland’s National College of Art & Design (NCAD) in 2009, having previously graduated from the Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork. He was introduced to the American ateliers in Florence, in which students study exclusively from life, by the Irish painter Gearoid Hayes.
Subsequently Nicholas quit his teaching career and attended the Florence Academy of Art, Sweden under the tutelage of the Swedish painter Joakim Ericsson. Nicholas received a pair of drawing awards during his time at the school in Sweden and returned to Ireland in 2013. He is now exhibiting nationally, and works and teaches out of in his studio in Wicklow.
