Watercolour Portrait Workshop for Beginners

Learn to create portraits in watercolour in this dynamic, all supplies included class!



3 hours

Class size 1 to 22 (public classes), 1 to 2

  £40 - £68 (price varies across dates) (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

Join Ann in her new watercolour portraiture workshop for beginners! In this intensive class, we'll be learning how to use watercolours to create vibrant and personality-filled portraits. All materials are included so just show up, settle in, and enjoy the class!
After a brief introduction to the medium and colour mixing, and a study of the planes of the face, Ann will guide you through a step-by-step demonstration of a watercolour portrait that you will follow along with. For those of you who attended intro to watercolour portraiture--this will be all new material so feel free to join!
All supplies, including vibrant watercolours and high-grade watercolour paper and brushes, are included--all you need is an interest in watercolours and some time to show up!
Midway through we'll have a break with refreshments, and a chance to get to know your co-students a bit better!
The culmination of the class will be the creation of a stunning, wall-worthy portrait that reflects your newfound skills and artistic vision. Spaces are limited to ensure personalised attention, so don’t miss this chance to learn from a celebrated artist and craft a masterpiece that you can cherish forever.
About your Tutor
Ann Mackowski is an award-winning artist and tutor, and has exhibited internationally--including regularly at the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours. She is the founder of Soho Life Drawing, and teaches portraiture and figure drawing to companies and individuals including animation studies, ad agencies, and organisations such as Buzzfeed and Liberty London. She has a masters in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design and teaches beginner-professional artists.
What you'll get
Watercolours to use in class and several complete watercolour artworks to take home.
Knowledge required
None!
What to bring
just themselves!
Location

Fry Room, Westminster Quaker Meeting House - "Rustin Room" 8 Hop Gardens, London, WC2N 4EH, England

Hop Gardens is right off of St Martins Lane next to Cote Brasserie

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Ann Mackowski
Ann Mackowski

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I started Soho Life Drawing in 2018 after working professionally as an artist for several years when I realised that there was a lack of accessible and affordable creative outlets for non-artist adults in London. Since then I've run hundreds of classes both at my weekly drop-in class in Leicester Square; for corporations and animation studios including Buzzfeed, Liberty London, and Sharkmob; and universities such as the University of the Arts London. Privately, I teach professional artists who come to me for technical training.
As an artist, I've been exhibited internationally in both solo and group shows and have won several residencies--the most recent being Espronceda's 2020 Open Call. I was a shortlisted contestant on 2016's Sky Landscape Artist of the Year. I exhibit regularly with the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours on Pall Mall, as well as with the Society of Women Artists. While I've focussed on teaching in recent years, I still do some commissioned work and exhibit with galleries representing me. I have a Masters in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design.
I love teaching art because I believe anyone can do it with the right training! In particular, I'm passionate about breaking down the internal barriers people not trained in art have about being creative. Creativity is important for so many reasons, beyond the finished product, and it's my goal to make my classes both extremely accessible and very affordable so that people from all walks of life have a chance to join.

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