Workshop | Pastel Portraits: Drawing from Life with Wendy Barratt

Explore the art of pastel portraiture with Wendy Barratt, Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2023.

Join us for an engaging workshop focused on the expressive possibilities of pastel portraiture, led by award-winning artist Wendy Barratt. You’ll work from a life model and receive expert guidance on drawing techniques when making a portrait in pastel, as well as embracing the expressive nature and textures the medium can bring to your work.

Wendy will help you explore the rich textures and dynamic qualities of this versatile medium through a range of drawing and observational exercises before working towards a final pastel portrait.

During this workshop there will also be the opportunity to visit our Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists exhibition, offering inspiration to fuel your creative process.

If you have any further questions, or would like to discuss access needs, please do not hesitate to contact Rachel our Events Officer r.bingham@pallant.org.uk

Please note

Price includes the cost of tuition, all materials and teas, coffees and biscuits. Please let us know if you have any allergies or dietary requirements and we will do our best to cater for you.

There is an option to purchase a Lunch Box provided by Pallant Café, this will be delivered to you during the break. The lunch box is £13 and a menu will be shared with you at the start of the workshop to make your selection.

Please ensure we have the correct contact information for you in case of any last minute changes.

Photograph of a standing woman with her arms behind her back. She has short hair and wears a green shirt under a brown apron. Either side of her are portrait paintings on easels.

Wendy Barratt

Wendy Barratt is an artist who is fascinated with representing the human – both in portraiture and life drawing. Her portraiture is made primarily in oil paint whereas life drawing becomes an experiment in mostly dry media. She is the winner of Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2023.

She studied graphic design in Manchester back in the early 80’s and has been working ever since as a designer, until a few years ago when she launched herself as a full-time artist. Throughout her career, she has spent a lot of her spare time in the life room honing her artistic skills as well as passing on her love of drawing and painting onto others through teaching.

Recently she has seen her paintings accepted for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition as well as having work exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery. Commissions include large portraits which were used as major props for the ITV Crime Drama series The Long Call. Wendy is a member of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters and her self-portrait was selected for the Herbert Smith Freehills Painting award show at the National Portrait Gallery in 2024.