Portrait Painting
Date: Saturday 12 September - Saturday 5 December 2026
Time: 13.00 - 16.00
Venue: Crescent Arts Center, Belfast
Price: 240 £240 | £228
Weeks: 12
Tutor: Daniela Balmaverde
Level: All Welcome
Half Term: 26 October - 1 November
Book NowThrough demonstrations and guided practice, you will learn the fundamentals of drawing and painting the portrait.
Over the term, you will build confidence in your abilities while exploring proportions, measurement, negative space, and tone.
We will work from a life model in class, but you are welcome to bring a reference photo if you prefer to focus on a specific portrait.
All mediums are welcome, please bring your preferred dry or wet medium to work with.
This course is suitable for both beginners and more experienced artists.
Meet the tutor
Daniela Balmaverde is a visual freelance artist who lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Born in Italy, she studied at the College of Art in Turin in 1998. She went on to study in Holland (Groningen) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Turin where she graduated with a BA (First Class) in Stage Design in 2003.
She has been commissioned to create pieces of art including public art, community arts, portraits and paintings, sculptures, trompe l’oeil, and different types of decoration and ornamentation on both the inside and outside of buildings in Italy and Northern Ireland.
She has been teaching in Northern Ireland, France and Italy since 2005. Her work is included in many private collections in Canada, France, Germany, Holland, Italy and Northern Ireland.
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