From subject selection to adding all the emotions is all about portrait making. The young artists of the city are learning portrait making in a three-day special workshop organised in city.
The live Portrait workshop began here from Friday. Organised by Srajana Academy for Design and Fine Art the workshop the workshop will continue till Sunday. As many as 20 young artists of the city have participated in the workshop.
The workshop is conducted by a renowned painter Vinay Sapre. During the workshop, the participants will learn about the basics of painting and then they will be taught about the portrait making over canvas. Here on Friday, the participants learned about the basic strokes.
Being the first day of the workshop, Sapre told the participants about subject selection. He said that for a live portrait making, it is important to choose the subject wisely. The subject with sharp features adds life to the portrait. later, in the next session, they were told about the colour making and selection.
On the first day of the workshop, Vinay also emphasized over the light and shadow, proper colour mixing and how bring out the best fo the emotions over canvas.
He also gave a short demonstration of his paintings to the participants.
Notably, the three day workshop is organised focusing on building a stronger foundation in traditional portraiture. During the workshop the participants will create a portrait from a live model. This will be followed with technical lectures and demonstrations by Vinay.
Besides, during the three day workshop the participants will enhance their skill and creativity. Water colours, oil colours, pastel and acrylic all kind of mediums will be used in the workshop.