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Watercolour: Freestyle Portrait Painting

Fri 19 Sep 2025, 12:30 pm - Fri 24 Oct 2025, 3:00 pm
Watercolor art painting
Friday 19 Sep - Friday 24 Oct, 2025 12:30pm - 3:00pm

Portrait painting is becoming increasingly fashionable in the art world. There are many painting styles that can render a stunning portrait.
Moving away from more traditional techniques in oils, Settlement tutor Komathy is introducing this portraiture course to teach how to paint portraits in watercolours.
Komathy will encourage experimentation and your own creativity while providing guidance as you start your own painting. She will teach quick painting methods, how to identify proportions and features to construct a convincing likeness while all the while enjoying a loose, free style of expression in your painting.

Event Information

Price: £118

Course Weeks: 6

Room: Cruse Studio

Campaign: Autumn Term 2025

Customer Information: Students to bring brushes, mixing palettes, pencil, eraser, sharpener

Your Tutor

Name: Komathy Cumarasamy

Bio: Komathy is Sri Lankan born and studied art up to degree level in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

She now specialises in portraiture, figures, and modern/contemporary styles. She loves experimenting and is experienced at handling a variety of mediums, having formally studied colour mixing and skin-tone techniques at City Lit College, London.

Komathy has undertaken several portrait commissions, and has developed her skills with other local projects. Komathy finds her art workshops at the MS Therapy Centre in Bedford particularly rewarding.

She has been invited to exhibit at various private exhibitions within our local community and in 2021, one of her oil paintings was selected for inclusion in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. It was sold before the event opened to the public.

Department: Arts & Crafts

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Details

Start:
Fri 19 Sep 2025, 12:30 pm
End:
Fri 24 Oct 2025, 3:00 pm
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