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How to paint a pastel portrait
Timothy Holmes demonstrates a pastel portrait on sanded card
Developing portraits into stained glass panels with Martin Taylor
Martin Taylor shares how a sketch of his daughter led him onto an exciting artistic journey to exploring stained glass.
How to paint a watercolour pet portrait
Sally Hewlett-Taylor explains how to approach a commission and demonstrates a watercolour portrait of a cat.
Create a good oil portrait painting
Learn the skill of portrait painting with Scott Bridgwood as he shows that the ability to paint a good likeness in portraiture, is a skill which can be acquired.
Paint a portrait of Father Christmas on recycled cardboard with Liz Chaderton
Reduce, reuse, recycle! Follow Liz Chaderton as she paints a jolly portrait of Father Christmas on packaging cardboard.
How to paint portraits with character
Kathy Barker advises on how to bring a sitter to life by focusing on shapes and values rather than detail when working in oils
How to paint portraits in charcoal
Charcoal is a beautiful medium and very adaptable for drawing portraits – you can smudge it around or be very precise and detailed, as Kathy Barker demonstrates
How to paint portraits in acrylics with Jenny Aitken
Jenny shows how to paint acrylic portraits.
David Curtis paints a portrait of The Artist editor, Sally Bulgin
David Curtis invited Sally Bulgin, editor of The Artist, to sit for him for his Patchings festival demonstration. Here he recounts how he captured the first likeness in his short session in front of an audience and cameras, followed by…
Captain Sir Tom Moore - A Lockdown Portrait by Adebanji Alade
Adebanji Alade demonstrates how he makes art in isolation by painting a portrait of the now legendary Captain Sir Tom Moore