Maryborough Art Society Winter Workshops
Tuesday June 26th to Sunday July 1st 2012
Oil Painting
withCynthia Hargraves
The Workshop
This workshop will cover mastering methods of successful design and composition in placing people in different settings such as cityscapes,landscapes or settings of your choice etc. A strong focus will be in seeing the basic shapes of your subjects using lighting and shading techniques and converting photographs into successful paintings.
This workshop provides simple steps in mastering putting people in paintings. It covers the different actions these people may be engaged in as well as the highlights in various scenes. You will find yourself more confident and excited about making your paintings more interesting after you do this workshop as we engage in the body language which your people will so identify with.
The Artist
Cynthia Hargraves works as a full time portrait commission artist and art tutor. Cynthia gained national recognition for her Paintings in Portraiture and later in Seascapes in the published article by the Australian Artist Magazine in August 2006,2009. Teaching Workshops (internationally and overseas) and numerous published articles since then have given her recognition for her work both in Australia and overseas. Her artwork has achieved prize winning awards and is held in private collections both in Australia and Overseas. Although her art has been influenced by many well known artists over many years her current work is more influenced by the overseas tuition gained from world renowned American artists Sally Strand, Clayton J Beck III and the influence of Richard Schmid. Cynthia has been represented by Lumiere Gallery in Perth and regularly exhibits her work in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Other examples of Cynthia's work can be found on her website. Simply click HERE.