Artist of the Year: Masterclass - Season 1 (2024)

In this first masterclass, Artist of The Year judge Tai-Shan Schierenberg will be introducing one of the most essential principles of painting; how to observe and understand tone.

Alla prima painting is tricky but Sara Reeve has you covered. Her joyous explanations are just what you need to master the technique.

Adebanji's passion for trees is completely infectious - we marvelled at the way he looks at them, and through his eyes we see so much more, so here we share his palette and techniques which we hope you'll love.

Morag's ability to capture the essence of her subject with very few lines makes her well suited for miniature portraits.

Fujiko provides an introduction to the use of inks as a medium by creating a landscape using a variety of different techniques.

Gareth shares his techniques and measured approach to building a portrait.

Wendy demonstrates how a portrait can be produced with just the blending of 3 colours.

Phoebe demonstrates her approach to creating a portrait of a pet.

Claire presents her approach to creating a still life.

Finn demonstrates his approach to creating an classic/romantic English landscape.

Sara demonstrates her approach to loosening up her approach by using one large brush.

Gareth demonstrates his approach to achieving a likeness in a portrait by breaking down the features into abstract shapes.

Fujiko demonstrates her technique and approach to creating a botanical drawing with ink, using both brush and pen.

Morag demonstrates her approach to creating a portrait with lines observing body language and posture.

Adebanji demonstrates his approach and tips for putting figures into a landscape.

Phoebe demonstrates her approach for child portraits using charcoal on a soft pastel card.

Christian discuses; mixing colours, how to layout a palette and how to use colour expressively.

Finn demonstrates how he paints the sky and clouds.

Wendy demonstrates how she begins a portrait by drawing with paint, which is her favourite part of the process.

Tai consolidates the various lessons about portraiture and demonstrates how he would approach a portrait.

Gail introduces the fundamentals of Life Drawing.

Amy introduces mixed media portraiture, which encourages experimentation.

Polly demonstrates her tips and tricks to capturing a likeness in a portrait, including the use of a grid.

Tom demonstrates his approach to creating a self portrait, and how the artist describes himself in an image.

Lorna demonstrates the use of pastels on stencil paper as a medium for portraiture.

Stuart demonstrates the rules of perspective to be applied in the construction of an urban landscape.

Curtis demonstrates both his artistic abilities in creating a portrait and his approach to connecting with his sitter.

Brogan extols the benefits of creating a portrait with a live model.

Jude demonstrates how she captures patterns in a painting or uses them, something that she enjoys.

Charles presents the basic principles to create a watercolour portrait, he uses a tracing of a previous sketch as a underpainting.

Alvin outlines the steps to prepare a wood panel for painting, and how each unique piece of wood can influence the completed painting.

Cat explains and demonstrates her approach in creating a landscape on a black background, and how it enhances the colour.

Amy demonstrates her approach to creating a monochrome painting from a black and white vintage reference photo as finished work or a tone exercise.

Curtis shares his secrets for creating a in depth portrait that creates mood and atmosphere using coloured pencils.

Brogan demonstrates a simplified process for painting a sitters hands that can make the work more dynamic.

Lorna shares her gilding technique using gold leaf in a portrait to enhance the work.

Tom demonstrates how enhance a portrait by pushing the use of colour.

Stuart demonstrates his various techniques and tips for creating textures in his landscapes using just charcoal and a rubber.

Jude demonstrate how she inserts narrative into portraiture either subtlety or surrealistic.

Charles explains and demonstrates how how watercolours can be used improvise and create images from your imagination.