Welcome!

I'm so delighted to share one of my lessons from Let's Face It 2017 - a fabulous collaborative course on portraits!

This one came straight from my heart and I hope you enjoy watching this expressive, mixed media portrait evolve.

When I first selected this image, I was mostly intrigued by the hands, as for the rest....well...I wasn't sure how it would progress. I just had to begin and allow my soul to take the lead.

Working intuitively can feel scary but if we can quiet the inner critic and flow with our emotions and our materials, beautiful things can emerge. Allow yourself to light some candles, play your favorite moody music and then freely create without a goal or focused outcome.

Through this way of creating, we not only explore our mediums but we can discover new ways of expressing ourselves. So go on, make a mess, don't get attached and allow your emotions and intuition guide you.

I can't wait to see what you create!

• Lyra Water Soluble graphite 6B or other water soluble graphite

• Charcoal pencil

• Vine charcoal

• White Gesso

• FW Acrylic Artist Ink in Burnt Umber

• Black India Ink

• Range of brushes from med to large

• Old rag

• Spray bottle

• Titanium White Acrylic Paint

• Fineliner Applicator 18 gauge

• Charcoal pouch

• Oil Pastels -

  (I used Sennelier Royal Blue, English grey, black, Chromium Green Deep, & white)