Portrait Painting with Sky Parra - Emerald Art Gallery - Central Highlands Regional Galleries

Back by Popular Demand: Sky Parra's portrait painting workshop at QATACON26 was incredibly popular and had overwhelmingly positive feedback. Term four's metro region workshop sold out in less that 24 hours and the outcomes were stunning. Now Sky's coming to Emerald!

Discover new portrait possibilities through Sky’s multidisciplinary practice featuring expressive mark-making, layered imagery and mixed media. Learn about DENIED, Skye's research-led portrait project that responds to miscarriages of justice through a series of intimate oil paintings.

Sky has recently been awarded the Installer's Prize in the Lester Prize for Portraiture and a finalist in Brisbane Portrait Prizes’ Salon des Refuses with portraits that form part of the DENIED body of work. See Skye's project here: https://skyparra.com/denied/ and work here @skyparra

Date: Saturday the 21st of November

Cost: QATA Member $55, Teacher non member $95, Community members $105

Time: 9:50 for a 10am start till 3pm

Location: Emerald Art Gallery, 65 Egerton Street, Emerald

Catering: Lunch and afternoon tea will be provided

Materials provided: oil paint, canvas, brushes, solvent

Please bring: A3 colour photocopy of your subject, apron, a glass jar to take your solvent home, your favourite brushes if you like. (You may like to bring something to cover you paper palette if you would like to bring that home too).

Tips for your reference photos: bring a clear, well-lit, close up portrait photograph. Natural or directional lighting tends to work particularly well. Avoid down lighting, heavily filtered images, or photographs where the face is significantly obscured.

Feedback from Sky Parra's QATACON workshop:

• This was my favourite session.

• After finding her talk so engaging it was a pleasure to experience Sky’s technique.

• Best workshop ever! Loved getting onto a canvas and NEARLY finished a portrait in 2 hours.  I loved it

• Sky was incredibly lovely, warm, friendly, approachable, and presented well to discuss her artistic practices and processes.

• Loved this session! Sky is amazing. 

• Sky Parra- just wow, I think she needs to be in our next Creative Inquiry for Art as Knowledge please.