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Demonstration by Cathy Verheul – 16 July 2016

Demonstration by Cathy Verheul

Cathy Verheul

The 7 Elements of Art

The Principles of Art

What makes a good painting? It must be UNFORGETTABLE.

The Content of a Painting

Cathy’s palette

Planning and mapping out the portrait

Cathy explaining the use of shapes in a portrait

Detail

The blocking in of the portrait begins

The background is painted in using neutral colours

More blocking in on the face is done

Detail

Once the blocking is complete, Cathy uses a soft brush to blend and soften the areas together.

Cathy with her demo painting

The demo piece with the completed painting

Cathy with her completed demo painting

The completed demo painting.

One of Cathy’s completed portraits. This portrait was the winner for Rotary Arts Festival sponsored by Sanlam.

One of Cathy’s completed portraits

One of Cathy’s completed portraits

One of Cathy’s completed portraits

One of Cathy’s completed portraits

One of Cathy’s completed portraits

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