About this Workshop

During this exciting workshop, award winning UK artist Peter Keegan will both demonstrate and guide you through his expressive and dynamic approaches to portrait painting. From using a bright, colourful palette, with dynamic and bold mark making, to palette knife work with bold compositions and poses, this course has been created to show you a more varied and exciting approach to portrait painting. This course is suited for artists looking to get more life and personality into their painting as well as artists looking to loosen up their painting and those who have a love for colour.

Working from excellent photographs, either provided or working from your own, this workshop will give you plenty of 1-1 instruction from Peter, as well as informal group critiques and discussions, all helping to increase your knowledge and enjoyment of portraiture.

material list

Paint: In a range of your favourite colours. Peter will be using Michael Harding oils in Warm White, Bright Yellow Lake, Brilliant Orange, Scarlet Lake, Crimson, Amethyst, Bright Green Lake, Viridian, Turquoise, Ultramarine, Ivory Black. Please note this is an example range of colours. Participants are welcome to bring their own preferred primary and secondary colours.

Brushes: Hog brushes suitable for oil painting. Peter uses Rosemary and Co filbert brushes in a range of sizes from 2 – 12.

Grounds: 2 x canvases/boards/panels/oil paper approx. 50x40cm. 1 x slightly larger canvas no taller than 60cm

Studio Sundries: Odourless solvent, palette knives, paint palette, painting rags/kitchen roll, painting apron, pad and pencil for note taking.

Meet Peter

Peter Keegan is an award-winning artist and highly sought-after painting instructor known for his knowledgeable, engaging, and inspiring approach to teaching.

 Having obtained a Fine Arts degree from Cardiff School of Art in South Wales, Peter has gone on to exhibit his work in numerous established art institutions, including the Royal Institute of Oil Painting, The New English Art Club, and the Royal Society of British Artists. He is an elected member of the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Art Societies.

Alongside Peter’s practice as an artist, he is the founder and co-presenter of the popular podcast Ask an Artist, where he shares his advice and knowledge on the business side of being a working artist and interviews fellow artists and industry experts.

Peter leads dozens of sold out courses, workshops, and holidays across the UK and Europe.  

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