Local Time

  • Timezone: America/New_York
  • Date: 18 Jun 2026
  • Time: 05:00 - 07:00

Location

The Hearth
The Hearth
Main Road Horsley Northumberland NE15 0NT, United Kingdom

Category

Date

18 Jun 2026

Time

10:00 - 12:00

Cost

£120.00

Full figure portraits.

When artists first begin to paint portaits they generally concentrate on faces. This is enough of a challenge, so any successes bring joy. As the painter becomes a little more experienced they want to add more of the body of the sitter into the frame. New challenges arise. They need to work on painting folds in cloth as well as rendering hands, feet and shoes, while capturing a reasonable feel for the body form, stance and gesture. All take work and training. It takes time, but with full figures a whole new would of possibilities opens up that ‘head studies’ alone do not offer. Now context has impact. The figures can tell stories.

‘All those ‘years ‘ Jason Skill

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This course aims to help you start on the road to figure painting by helping you become more skilled at paintings fabrics, hands and feet / shoes and also build a better understanding of body structure.

Level

This course would suit those who have a little experience of drawing and painting.

Day, location and time

Thusdays from 10:00 to 12:00 at The Hearth Hosley

Duration

8 weeks – see calendar for all dates

Course starts the 23rd of April

Cost – £120

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Why does Jason think this course would be of value to you as a painter?

This course is aimed at helping you become more skilled and confident in painting figures. The skills taught on this course will have real impact on your drawing and painting, adding considerably to your skill set, helping you lift up your art to the next level.

What will you do on the course?

  • Look at drawing basic body forms so that you can visualise the structure under the clothes within your reference material.
  • Examine tried and tested ways of rendering cloth and the achitecture of folds within clothing.
  • Drawing and painting hands
  • Drawing and painting feet
  • Creating a simple figure painting that pulls together some of the skills covered on the course.

What do you need to bring ?

You will need to bring your chosen painting medium plus some tracing paper, a drawing board, water pots and something to cover your table to stop it getting marked with paint.

If you are unable to purchase the course online then please send a cheque for £120

– made payable to; Painting with Skill to:

Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. To avoid disappointment – book early.