The Modern Portrait
5 Week Course

Fridays 9.30am - 3pm
​21st, 28th April & 5th, 12th, 19th May 2023

Tutor - Esther Donaldson
​£380

​To book, contact:  enquiries@paintboxartclasses.com or use the booking button below

Since graduating from Edinburgh College of art in 1993, Esther has exhibited and sold work regularly in galleries across Britain, including the RSA, SSA the RSW, the RBA, Mall Galleries and most recently in the Royal Academy summer exhibition, London, where her work was selected to be in the Academician’s favourites list.  She was  elected as a professional member of the Society of Scottish Artists in 2018.

She was awarded the ‘House for an Art Lover Award’ in the RSW at the RSA in 2018 and has received a VACM Award from East Lothian Council in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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Her portrait paining 'Yellow Top' was awarded the 'Winsor Newton Award' at the Royal Watercolour Society at the Bankside Gallery, London.

Website - www.estherdonaldson.com
Instagram - @estherdonaldsonart

This 5 week course will delve into the study of modern day portrait painters looking at  how they capture the essence and presence of the person rather than a realistic replica.
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This course will allow students to develop their own language of portraiture by exploring a variety of source material from life models,  to self-portraits, Old Master’s paintings and images from popular culture. Using  a variety of media from drawing,  to mono printing, painting and collage this course  will equip you with the knowledge and artistic language to produce a series of Modern Portraits.