Portrait Painting With Oils – Master Class

What is a Master Class? These are short courses (half, one or two days) conducted by accomplished artists during our semester break. The artists are paid at a professional rate with the course fee covering this plus other expenses.
Description: In this full-day Master Class, Nisa will teach the Alla Prima or Direct Painting method of portrait painting in oils. It is aimed at those already experienced in oil painting and is unsuitable for beginners. Wet-on-wet, or alla prima (Italian for “at first attempt”), is a painting technique where wet paint layers are applied over still-wet layers. Primarily used in oil painting, this method requires quick work to complete before the initial layers dry.
The session will include the correct positioning of a portrait, the mixing of colours and how to analyse tones and values. Students will commence their portrait during the session and gradually adjust and build up layers of different values in their own time based on what they learned during the session.
Requirements Summary (see link for full details): Class members will need to bring a prepared canvas or canvas board, their own selection of paints and clean-up resources and a high-resolution, printed A4 image of the portrait they would like to paint. Due to the time restraint, class members must have all their resources as described in the link: Nisa Lourvanij – Portrait Painting – requirements
Tutor: Nisa Lourvanij
Date: Thursday 10th July 2025
Time: 9.30 am – 2.45 pm
Participants: minimum 6, maximum 10.
Morning & Afternoon Tea are provided.
Lunch: BYO.
Cost: TBA. The approximate cost at this point is $105 based on the minimum number of 6 enrolling. If we can establish that we are likely to have more than the minimum number, we will be able to reduce the course fee.

This Master Class is not yet open for registration. To express your interest in enrolling please register on the waitlist. By doing this you are not committing to enrol nor are you guaranteed a place in the course. Once enrolments become available on the 26th of May you will be notified, and you will need to enrol yourself online by the 16th of June. If we have not received enough enrolments by 9 am on the 16th of June, the Master Class will be cancelled and those who have enrolled will be contacted and refunded.