Date: Saturday, September 27 & Sunday, September 28, 2025
Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Artist/Instructor: Audrey Smith
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Price: $225.00 +hst

Students are responsible for their own art materials (see below for materials list).

In this multi-faceted workshop, you will learn the fundamentals of drawing and painting the face. During this dynamic 2-day workshop, the focus will be on expressing yourself, using paint with unexpected tools! Let’s bridge the gap between learning and fun!

Beginning with the fundamentals, you will be lead through a series of exercises that involve creating the illusion of form to express a 3-dimensional shape. 

We will touch upon the subjects of composition and colour theory. You will see how artists, both contemporary and historical, approach drawing and painting the face.

Preparing your panels for painting, you will be incorporating traditional methods with more contemporary practices of building up backgrounds. Your instructor will now work with you to create 2 very different, though complimentary, paintings.

In addition to what you’ve learned, you will leave with 2 paintings. This will be the beginning of expressing your inner artist! This can also be the beginning of a journey, creating your first body of work! It may be a continuation of you learning a few rules, then finding joy in breaking them!

Materials List:

• Sketchbook (9x12”)

• 2 Wood panels - 12x12” and 12x24” 

• Pencil (2B)

• Kneaded eraser

• Charcoal pencil (“Generals” brand, soft and medium) 

• Brushes, assortment of synthetic bristle for acrylics, long-handled. Bring what you have and Flat (disposable 1 and 2”), Filbert (#8, and #12),  Round, #8

• Paper Towels

• Sandpaper or sanding block (medium/80 grit and course/60 grit)

• Paint* (heavy body acrylic, in tube). Paint kit and/or

• Titanium white

• Yellow

• Yellow Ochre

• Vat Orange

• Pyrrole Red

• Cerulean Blue

• Prussian Blue

• Terre Verte Green

• Burnt Sienna

• Paynes Grey

• (paint names vary between brands, the list is a suggestion)

• Do you have a favourite colour? Find a tube of it – you’ll need it!

If you aren’t able to pay online, or if you’d like to register over the phone or in person, please don’t hesitate to call us at 519-942-9560 or visit us in store at 158 Broadway, Orangeville! (All prices are in CAD +hst)