Putting figures into a painting or drawing really helps it to come alive. Yet many people find painting them rather daunting and their efforts sometimes look a little wooden.
Mike Willdridge’s next live, interactive, online session with us will be full of useful tips to help you to put lifelike figures into your work. It’s on Thursday 13 May at 3:30 pm Italian time, (2:30 pm UK time. We know that may be quite early in the morning in the United States and Canada, and in the middle of the night in Australia and New Zealand! But, even if you can’t make the live session, you can still register and receive an edited video of the demonstration to paint along in your own time.) Registration for this exciting online, interactive session is through the Eventbrite platform and you can join up by clicking here.
Mike says: “During the session we’ll paint several figures: singularly, in groups, walking, working etc. All the paintings will be simple studies with a minimum of anatomical detail, and I have several useful tips to help you draw and paint figures more confidentlyâ€.
Mike’s sketch of two women in Morocco below shows the simplified approach he will be taking.
You will be using pencil (soft), pens (one soluble black and the other permanent black) and watercolours. You can use either one or more sheets of watercolour paper or a sketchbook – it doesn’t matter.
Mike says: “All the figures have been either photographed or drawn by me on my travels in Morocco, Vietnam and Dominica. During the session I’ll be demonstrating and allowing you time to work alongside me.â€
Mike will only be using a few of the source images he’s provided and he’s not quite sure yet which will be his chosen subjects. If you want, you can print out all five before the session, although there is no real necessity to do so, as Mike will display each image next to his demonstration drawings and paintings.
So, come and add zest to your paintings, with lifelike figures. That Eventbrite link again: just click here.