In-Person Portrait Workshop

Leading Edge Art Workshops

The Living Portrait From Photos
May 30 - June 1, 2025
Leading Edge Art Workshops

I’ll be teaching this popular portrait workshop in person in Calgary, Alberta at the end of May and I’m really looking forward to it!

We’ll work from the participants’ photos to create portraits that have looseness, accurate proportions, rich and intentional colour, and satisfying compositions.

I have a love/hate relationship with photo references and this workshop will show you their uses and their limitations, with the aim of putting them in their place. Photos are a starting point for the painted portrait, not the end goal. Every artist I know would wince at the comment, “that looks just like a photograph”. This workshop will not result in those comments:)

To read about the workshop and to register, please visit the Leading Edge Art Workshops website.

I hope to see you in person!