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Discover the delight of making expressive portraits with the mercurial qualities of drawing inks and water based paints in this one day course with Alison Harper. We will look at contemporary artists who work in this way, such as Marlene Dumas, and practice entering into a bold relationship with our medium and subject; understanding that by giving way to chance, we are also opening the image to the unexpected, the unknown and by choosing what to keep and what to discard, intuiting our way to some profoundly beautiful and mysterious images.
Fee £80
Please note this is a one day course and there are a limited number of places available. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
About Alison Harper
Alison is an Artist, and the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Essential School of Painting (ESOP.
An exceptional multi-talented artist, Alison is a graduate of the prestigious Glasgow School of Art and is known as one of ‘The Glasgow Girls’. Alison is credited with being one of the youngest lecturers to have taught in the Painting and Printmaking departments of the Glasgow School of Art teaching there over a period of ten years before founding TheESOP in 2004.
The holder of multiple awards including the Commonwealth Scholarship, Alison has exhibited widely both in the United Kingdom and abroad.
She has been the invited artist to the Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition (2016). Alison is a contributing author to various books and magazine articles including the ‘Drawing and Painting: Materials and Techniques for Contemporary Artists’. She was the Art Consultant to the BBC ONE Show ‘The Big Painting Challenge (Series 1 & 2) and the lead for the Essential School of Painting partnership with Waltham Forest for London’s Mayor London Borough of Culture bid 2019 that the council went on to win.
All images copyright of the artist or The ESOP. All rights reserved.
