Artist of the Year: Masterclass

• E1

  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.

  2024-12-02 · 22m
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• E2

  Alla Prima

  Alla prima painting is tricky but Sara Reeve has you covered. Her joyous explanations are just what you need to master the technique.

  2024-12-02 · 22m
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• E3

  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.

  2024-12-03 · 22m
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• E4

  Miniature Portraits

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

  2024-12-03 · 22m
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• E5

  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.

  2024-12-04 · 22m
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• E6

  Building a Portrait

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

  2024-12-04 · 22m
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• E7

  Painting with a Limited Palette

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

  2024-12-05 · 22m
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• E8

  Animal Portraiture

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

  2024-12-05 · 22m
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• E9

  Introduction to Still Life

  Claire presents her approach to creating a still life.

  2024-12-06 · 22m
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• E10

  Composition in Landscapes

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

  2024-12-06 · 22m
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• E11

  Loosening Up

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

  2024-12-09 · 22m
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• E12

  Observing Facial Features

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

  2024-12-09 · 22m
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• E13

  Botanical Flowers

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

  2024-12-10 · 22m
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• E14

  Painting with Lines

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

  2024-12-10 · 22m
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• E15

  Figures in Landscape

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

  2024-12-11 · 22m
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• E16

  Child Portraiture

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

  2024-12-11 · 22m
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• E17

  Playing with Colour

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

  2024-12-12 · 22m
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• E18

  Painting Skies and Clouds

  Finn demonstrates how he paints the sky and clouds.

  2024-12-12 · 22m
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• E19

  Drawing with Paint

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

  2024-12-13 · 22m
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• E20

  How to Approach a Portrait

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

  2024-12-13 · 22m
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• E21

  Introduction to Life Drawing

  Gail introduces the fundamentals of Life Drawing.

  2024-12-13 · 22m
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• E22

  Mixed Media Portraiture

  Amy introduces mixed media portraiture, which encourages experimentation.

  2024-12-14 · 22m
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• E23

  Tricks to Finding Likeness

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

  2024-12-14 · 22m
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• E24

  Self Portraiture

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

  2024-12-14 · 22m
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• E25

  Pastel on Stencil Paper

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

  2024-12-15 · 22m
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• E26

  Perspective in Urban Landscape

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

  2024-12-15 · 22m
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• E27

  Connecting with your Sitter

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

  2024-12-15 · 22m
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• E28

  Composing from Life

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

  2024-12-16 · 22m
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• E29

  Patterns

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

  2024-12-16 · 22m
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• E30

  Introduction to Watercolour

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

  2024-12-16 · 22m
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• E31

  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.

  2024-12-17 · 22m
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• E32

  Painting on Black

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

  2024-12-17 · 22m
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• E33

  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.

  2024-12-17 · 22m
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• E34

  Drawing with Coloured Pencils

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

  2024-12-18 · 22m
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• E35

  Painting Hands

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

  2024-12-18 · 22m
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• E36

  Painting with Gold Leaf

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

  2024-12-18 · 22m
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• E37

  Pushing Colour in Portraiture

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

  2024-12-19 · 22m
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• E38

  Creating Textures in Charcoal Landscapes

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

  2024-12-19 · 22m
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• E39

  Narrative in Portraiture

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

  2024-12-19 · 22m
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• E40

  Improvising with Watercolour

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

  2024-12-20 · 22m
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Top cast

Tai Shan Schierenberg

Narrator