MEDIUM: OILS

SKILL LEVEL: ALL LEVELS

DURATION: 3 HOURS

In this 3-hour livestream, Ruth will be demonstrating the creation of a narrative portrait. Ruth will be discussing various ways to progress from simple portrait studies to more complex paintings, without getting lost in the process. Along the way Ruth will demonstrate her personal techniques for drawing, form, colour and brushwork, with an emphasis on luminosity and expression.

This video will be available to re-watch at your leisure until 4th December 2024.

Photo reference: We will email you the reference image with your purchase. If you need us to re-send this to you, please contact us.

Materials list: We will email you Ruth’s materials list with your purchase. If you need us to re-send this to you, please contact us.

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More about Ruth Fitton;

Ruth has been fascinated by portraiture since her mid-teens. She taught herself to paint in oils while also studying for a BA in Music, and on graduating began painting full-time. Since then, Ruth’s paintings have gathered praise across the globe. Recent awards include a Purchase Award from the Art Renewal Center (2021) and 1st Place Young Artist award with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (2020).

Ruth has exhibited at Sotheby’s NYC, Arcadia Contemporary NYC, MEAM Barcelona, the Mall Galleries London, and is represented by Fine Art Commissions, London.

Ruth's painting “Things Not Seen” has been selected by the Art Renewal Center for the Lunar Codex cultural time-capsule project; in 2022 a copy of the painting will be sent to the Moon.

“My work is almost always figurative; it is humanity, facial expression, and body language which spark my imagination. I want to communicate, and I always strive for a strong narrative element in my paintings. Inspirations include the work of pre-Raphaelite and naturalist painters (Waterhouse, Bastien-LePage, Friant).
I am passionate about painting from life – I’m drawn to the organic experience of capturing my immediate reality in paint. This passion is balanced by a keen curiosity regarding texture, layers, and edges. I constantly seek the most imaginative ways to make paint replicate the feel and character of what I see. Quick, immersive live studies are generally followed by extensive studio work.”

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