Portraiture in Charcoal with Michael Simms @ NERAM

Next date: Saturday, 16 August 2025 | 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM

In this one-day workshop, students will learn how to draw the human face with charcoal – one of the most versatile and expressive mediums. Michael will provide his unique tips and tricks on how to simplify the face into basic shapes to make portraiture fun and accessible.

Students will complete a series of quick warm up exercises before learning how to lay the foundations for a portrait with structure, and build up their drawing with willow and compressed charcoal to achieve a sense of form and volume.

Michael will conduct demonstrations and provide individual feedback to students throughout the day. Students will work from a live model.

Topics covered include:

• Overview of materials: the different types of charcoal and how to use it
• The proportions of the human face
• How to simplify the human face into basic planes and tonal shapes
• How to build structure into your portrait
• Capturing a ‘likeness’
• Understanding tonal values
• How to achieve a sense of volume and form in your drawings

DATE |  Saturday 16th August

TIME |  10am – 4.00pm

VENUE | Packsaddle Studio

COST |  General Price $150.00   –   FoN/Culture Club member Price $136.00

All materials are included

Min 8, Max 12

 

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Location

NERAM, 106 - 114 Kentucky Street, Armidale, 2350, View Map