Promotion for Pauline Agnew's Christmas Open Studio with free classes and giveaways, featuring a lit candle and blurred festive lights in the background.

HELLO THERE and welcome to Class!!

So delighted you could join me. :)

I have a few words to say:

EXPRESSIVE OIL PASTEL PORTRAIT CLASS

FINISHED PIECE. I WANTED A SPANISH VIBE!

A mixed media portrait of a woman with a red flower in her hair, smiling with open eyes, rendered with textured brush strokes and earthy tones.

PHOTO REFERENCE:

A woman with dark hair and light skin, wearing earrings, looking to the side with a serious expression in an indoor setting.

MATERIALS LIST

  • Toned mixed media paper. I use Canson Graduate in a grey tone.

  • Small squeege or catalyst wedge. You can get them in art stores or on Amazon. I use a silicone bowl scraper
    in this demo :) You can see it here https://www.messermeister.com/products/silicone-bowl-scraper-sbs-web

  • Soft Willow Charcoal

  • Oil pastels. My favourite are Sennelier but you can use others, just make sure they are soft not hard. Watch video for the types of colours I use. I use lots of muted tones and some bright colours.

  • Sennelier oil pastel fixative is great to lightly seal the pastels

  • Copyright free photo reference link https://www.pexels.com

DEMO

I hope you have enjoyed this class. If you want to do my Expressive Portraits for artists Ecourse in January you can find out more info via the button below, and there is a 20% discount until the 31st December! Just enter the code FACE (all caps) at the checkout.

EXPRESSIVE PORTRAITS ECOURSE

YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT MY ART RETREAT IN IRELAND AND MY ART RETREAT WITH KASEY MORAN IN SPAIN HERE:

ART RETREAT IRELAND
ART RETREAT SPAIN

SPECIAL GUEST KASEY MORAN!

A woman with blonde curly hair sitting outdoors at a table with a green, nature-themed tablecloth. There is a blurred background of trees and a bouquet of flowers on the table.

KASEY’S FINISHED PIECE.

Abstract watercolor painting with red, black, gray, and blue brushstrokes and lines.

You can go to Kasey’s class on her website here:

KASEY’S LESSON

OUR FACEBOOK GROUP IS LIVE NOW AND YOU CAN JOIN IT RIGHT HERE::

FACEBOOK GROUP