BLOOM

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Bloom, a colourful and monochrome mixed media portrait lesson.

Discover the art of creating a captivating mixed-media portrait in this comprehensive lesson. Perfect for artists of all levels.

You’ll learn how to create a vibrant abstract background using mixed-media techniques, setting the foundation for your artwork. From there, you’ll explore essential portrait-drawing techniques, mastering proportions, shapes, and angles to capture the essence of your subject with confidence.

The final step of the lesson focusus on painting a monochrome portrait in dioxazine purple, using thin, transparent layers of paint to achieve depth and dimension while allowing the vibrant background to shine through.

Along the way, you’ll develop an understanding of value, creating shape and form by building up from dark to light. To finish your piece, you’ll incorporate bold abstract marks, adding a final layer of interest and energy to your artwork.

By the end of this lesson, you’ll have a unique, expressive portrait that reflects your unique marks and newfound skills.

Join now and unlock the joy of mixed-media art!

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What Will You Learn?

  • Learn to create a vibrant background with mixed media techniques
  • Master essential portrait-drawing techniques
  • How to use a scaling tool to help you capture proportions accurately
  • Gain skills in painting a monochrome portrait in thin, transparent layers
  • Understand the role of values to build shape and depth
  • Discover how to balance transparency to let the abstract background shine through
  • Add bold personal abstract marks to infuse interest and energy into your final piece

Course Content

1. Introduction, art supplies and abstract background
Welcome to Part 1 of this art lesson! In this session, I'll introduce myself and share my creative journey, give an overview of what you'll learn, explore the essential art supplies, and guide you through the first step: painting a vibrant mixed-media background

  • BLOOM PART 1
    30:48

2. Drawing the portrait
Learn the essentials of portrait drawing in this lesson: explore the principles of composition, use a scaling tool to master proportions, and refine your ability to capture shapes, angles, and features with accuracy and confidence.

3. Painting the portrait 1
In this session, we’ll bring the portrait to life by painting in thin, delicate layers of paint. Learn how to use transparency to let your abstract background shine through, as we create a monochrome portrait using dioxazine purple. The focus will be on mastering value to build shape and depth, working step by step from dark to light for a striking and harmonious result.

4. Painting the portrait and adding final abstract marks
In this session, we’ll continue refining the portrait by building thin, transparent layers of paint to enhance depth and value. Discover how to let the abstract background shine through while focusing on the shapes, angles, and features of your subject. To finish, we’ll add final abstract marks, giving your piece a dynamic and expressive touch that ties everything together beautifully.