ONLINE: SUSAN LYON AND SCOTT BURDICK paint the portrait from life.
Join Susan & Scott, live from the comfort of your own home on Sunday 14th July at 3pm (UK Time).
For this live, online painting demonstration, Susan Lyon and Scott Burdick will paint the portrait from life in a 3 hour painting demonstration and talk.
This is Scott & Susan’s first ever live stream demonstration with Workshops in Yorkshire!
You will receive access to both the live broadcast and the recorded version afterwards.
MEDIUM: OILS
SKILL LEVEL: ALL LEVELS
DURATION: 3 HOURS 3PM - 6PM GMT
This video will be available to re-watch at your leisure until 14th July 2026.
Photo reference: when you sign up for the live stream, or recorded version, we will email you the reference image on the day of the live stream. If you need us to re-send this to you, please contact us.
STEP ONE: SIGN UP.
STEP TWO: YOU WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL WITHIN 2 HOURS OF SIGNING UP. PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM.
STEP THREE: ON THE DAY OF THE LIVE STREAM, YOU WILL RECIEVE AN EMAIL (TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS YOU SIGNED UP WITH) WHICH INCLUDES THE LINK TO THE LIVESTREAM PAGE, THE PASSWORD & THE REFERENCE IMAGE. *You will be able to download the reference image from the email, steps will be included to tell you how to do this.
To access the recorded version, we will send out a unique password within 48 hours after the demonstration. You will have the option to watch the video as many times as you like after the event.
More about Scott Burdick;
Scott was born in Chicago, where his mother and father early on encouraged his interest in Art. "I spent a lot of time in hospitals as a child and remember my mother showing me how to transform simple shapes like circles, triangles, and squares into objects like planes, helicopters, and fish. It seemed such a magical thing and made spending so much time in casts and on crutches much more bearable."
In high school, Scott began taking life-drawing classes at the American Academy of Art under the legendary Bill Parks. "Though I'd always loved drawing, it was Mr. Parks who filled me with the enthusiasm and discipline necessary to improve my skills. His love of painting and creative expression infected us all." After finishing the Academy, Scott continued his study at the Palette and Chisel Art club, where he met his wife, painter Susan Lyon. "It's a wonderful thing being able to paint together all the time and grow as artists together," Scott says.
His ideas for paintings come from everywhere. "What makes a subject attractive to me are the same things that attract us all. The beauty of a young girl, the character of a weathered face, the solitude of a farm at sunset, or even the story itself behind someone or something that makes it interesting." Scott believes it is the job of the artist to recognize this when it happens, analyze why, and use his technical skills to convey the feeling to someone else. He notes that some paintings are as simple as stopping at the sight of something interesting, while others may take more time to research than to actually paint.
Today, Scott and Susan live in a rural area of North Carolina..
"I see painting as both a way of exploring the world and then as the vehicle of sharing those discoveries with others. I travel to find subjects to paint as much as paint so I can travel and expand my horizons. Through this unique language, one can say things that are impossible with words."
More about Susan Lyon;
Susan Lyon grew up in Oak Park, Illinois. Her initial interest in art was sparked by a PBS television show on Georgia O’Keefe that inspired her to take drawing classes. Lyon studied art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and was an active participant in Chicago's Palette and Chisel Club. It is there she first began exhibiting and selling her work; at twenty-three she was the youngest winner of the prestigious Gold Medal which she won two consecutive years in the annual Oil Painting show plus a third place in the Silver Medal show. Medal Watercolor show. She entered the Oil Painters of America show once and got 7th place. In 1998 and 2000 she won an artist choice award in the Northwest Rendezvous Show.
Susan draws inspiration from painters of the Guilded age such as Anders Zorn, Joaquin Sorolla and John Singer Sargent. She also is passionate about artists like Philip Malavin from Russia and contemporary masters Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik. Lyon's technique is to paint wet on wet to start and then wet on dry for her finishing touches. "My style is realistic with as much impressionistic color as possible. I like to combine wide brushes for sweeping strokes in the background with small, soft brushes for subtle details in my center of interest."
Susan Lyon lives in a rural area of North Carolina with her husband, artist Scott Burdick, whom she met at the Palette and Chisel in 1989 and married in 1993. She and her husband travel widely "The excitement of traveling, seeing so many new sights and people, plu incredible works in museums; combined with the challenge of painting on the spot make me a travel addict! Even before I go on a trip I'm planning the one after."
Susan works equally in Oil and Pastel/charcoal.
The live stream (and recorded version) will both be filmed and edited by Joe Hawkins. We use high end film industry standard lighting equipment to produce a day-light coloured/natural light effect. This is the closest artificial lighting set up to being in natural light as possible. The demonstration will be edited live, by Joe. Symi Jackson will be asking questions, of which you’re welcome to email ahead of time, or during the demonstration. Contact: hi@workshopsinyorkshire.com
