244-Watercolor Portraits

244-Watercolor Portraits

In Person | Available

2020 Burnt Mills Road Bedminster, NJ 07921 United States
Studio 2
Adult
5/31/2025 (one day)
9:30 AM-1:30 PM on Sat
$112.00
$87.00
$3.75

244-Watercolor Portraits

In Person | Available

Join Illustrator Lena Shiffman in this step-by-step watercolor portrait workshop. Lena will bring in a photo that we will all work from. Learn the steps to create portrait in watercolor. Sketching the structure of the face and adding details layer by layer. Working from light to dark and building the face with value shape and form.  We will work on values, texture, and color. Students bring their own materials; Please check out Lena’s material list too. 

All levels welcome.



  • All students must comply with the Policies and Procedures found on The Center's website. There will be no refunds for students removed from class for failure to observe The Center’s Policies and Procedures.
  • Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Lemon Yellow, Ultra-marine Blue, Sap green, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Titanium White (gouache)

     Optional colors: Dioxid Violet , DoPayne’s gray

     2 jars for water, Tissues

     Watercolor palette (large plastic)

     1” Flat brush

     Round watercolor brushes # 7, #12

     kneaded eraser, HB pencil

    Watercolor paper or block. (140-lb cold press)

    Artist tape, Foam board (big enough to fit the watercolor paper)

Shiffman, Lena
Lena Shiffman

A well published children's book illustrator; attended Spectrum Institute of Commercial Art in NJ; studied at The Parsons School of Design and the Art Students League NYC; member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and of the Rutgers University Children's Book Council.