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Mixing skin tones

Oil painting with Melissa Clements

Saturday 10 September 2022
Melissa Clements

Join Darling Portrait Prize 2022 finalist Melissa Clements and discover the alchemy of colour mixing to create varied and luminous flesh. The key to a realistic and lifelike portrait is perfecting the art of mixing skin tones. Melissa Clements will walk you through her personal colour palette, letting you in on her secrets for creating a variety of flesh tones. Participants will be guided through the process of mixing colours before being invited to create their very own alla prima portrait.

A small amount of materials used during the workshop will go home with participants to encourage post-workshop practice.

Participants also receive unlimited weekend access to the Darling Portrait Prize and National Photographic Portrait Prize.

Melissa Clements is a portrait artist based in Perth, Western Australia. She was a finalist in the 2022 Darling Portrait Prize and the Lester Prize in 2021 and has completed commissions for important institutions including the Supreme Court of Western Australia. Passionate about the power for art to sublimate human emotions, Melissa communicates contemporary narratives through classical painting techniques which she has learnt and perfected at residencies including at the New York Academy of Art. She has since begun sharing these techniques in Fine Art workshops in Australia.

Made possible with funds donated by Tim Fairfax AC

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