Portrait painting demonstration.
I had the pleasure of demonstrating portrait painting in oils over two hours for Maidenhead painting club.
https://www.maidenheadpaintingclub.co.uk/
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Portrait painting course at Artlife studio.
Here i am again teaching at Artlife studio with an introduction to Portrait painting in oils.
https://www.artlifestudio.co.uk
Portrait drawing in Charcoal at Pegasus art in Stroud.
This one day workshop was split into two parts, in the morning students drew from photo references
and after lunch they worked from direct observation with Debbie our life model.
https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/classes-workshops.irs
Landscape painting demonstration.
I recently demonstrated how i tackle painting plein air landscapes in oils for Winslow art society,
a little tricky as i had to do it indoors from an image on my ipad!
https://www.winslowart.org.uk
Portrait painting workshop in Chorleywood.
Here i am again with Rickmansworth art society, running a portrait painting in oils and acrylics workshop with a nice group of talented artists.
https://rickyart.co.uk/
The Artist magazine.
My article - Exploring the Zorn palette in the July 2023 issue of The Artist magazine. In this article i demonstrate how i paint an alla prima portrait in oils using the Zorn colour palette, just three colours plus white.
https://www.painters-online.co.uk
Portrait painting course at Pegasus art in Stroud.
Nice to be back teaching at Pegasus art, this time running a day course on portrait painting from life with the Zorn palette.
https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/classes-workshops.irs
Portrait painting demonstration.
Here are a few snapshots of a 2 hour portrait painting demonstration i did for Cookham arts club, I did this one in oils with the Zorn palette, just three colours - cadmium red, ivory black and yellow ochre plus titanium white.
https://cookhamartsclub.com/
Portrait paintings at Stoke Mandeville hospital.
I have some portrait paintings up on the walls at Stoke Mandeville hospital, pleased to see that they are in one of the heavy foot fall areas by WH Smiths near the main entrance.
Portrait painting demonstration.
I had the pleasure of painting Neil while demonstrating my portrait painting technique over two hours to members of Harpenden arts club.
www.harpendenartsclub.org.uk
Zoom Portrait painting demonstration.
Here's a few frames from a Zoom portrait painting demonstration i did for Arun art society in oils with a limited colour palette (Zorn palette).
I spent a little time after the demonstration tickling this one up as you can see in the final image.
http://www.arunartsociety.co.uk/
Portrait painting demonstration.
Here's a few snapshots of a 2 hour zoom portrait painting demonstration i did for Frimley and Camberley society of artists. I did this one in oils with the Zorn palette, just three colours - cadmium red, ivory black and yellow ochre plus titanium white.
https://fcsaonline.org.uk/
Portrait painting courses in Cornwall.
It was great to back teaching at The Coachouse in Cornwall again.
I ran two workshops, day one was portrait painting from life with the Zorn palette and day two
portrait painting with palette knives. As you can see someone even painted her dog!
And it was all topped off with some nice walks around the local beaches.
https://cornwallartschool.co.uk/
Portrait painting course in Stroud.
Here i am again at Pegasus art in Stroud, running a portrait painting in oils and acrylics workshop with a nice group of talented artists.
https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/classes-workshops.irs
Portrait painting demonstration.
I had the pleasure of painting Mick over two hours while talking about my portrait painting
technique to members of Beechwood art society in Amersham.
Winners of the TALP Open Artist exhibition awards 2021.
Very pleased to be exhibiting at Patchings Art Centre as one of the eight winners or the Artist magazine 2021 exhibition awards. As well as attending the private view of the exhibition we had a nice inspirational walk around The Artists Trail in their grounds.
Portrait painting workshop at Clacton on sea.
My first painting workshop for The Watershed studio in St Osyth, Clacton on sea.
Looking forward to my Zorn palette portrait painting from life workshop here next year.
Portrait painting demonstration
It was nice to be invited back to do another portrait painting demonstration for Wendover art club.
https://www.wendoverartclub.co.uk/
Portrait painting workshop in the Slad valley.
My first painting workshop for Chez Helene at their great new studio in the Cotswolds.
Looking forward to more workshops here and Lake Annecy next year.
Holyport College arts week
What could be better than spending a summer's day outdoors running a portrait painting workshop for a group of talented students at Holyport college during their Arts Weeks.
Judging Pinner Sketch Club exhibition.
It was really nice to be invited to judge the Pinner Sketch Club summer exhibition.
I had to choose a winner and five highly commended, no easy task as there was so much good work to choose from!
Charcoal portrait drawing workshop.
An enjoyable day running a charcoal portrait drawing workshop for the Abingdon artists group.
This day was split into two halves, the morning group worked from photographic references and the afternoon group worked from a life model.
Artists and illustrators magazine.
My article in the June 2022 issue of Artists and illustrators magazine, portrait painting in oils with palette knives.
https://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk
Charcoal portrait drawing workshop.
An enjoyable morning running a charcoal portrait drawing workshop with a group of talented students at Akeley wood private school.
https://www.akeleywoodschool.co.uk
Portrait painting workshop.
Another enjoyable workshop with Henley art and crafts guild.
Thanks to Ellie for being such a good sitter, she barely moved
throughout the day!
https://henley-art-crafts-guild.org/
The Artist Magazine.
My article in the January issue of The Artist magazine, portrait painting in oils with palette knives.
Painting workshops in the cotswolds.
I ended my year of workshops in the Cotswolds at Pure Artwork studio.
Looking forward to teaching there again next year!
Portrait drawing demonstration.
It was really nice to be invited back to Pinner Sketch Club for another demonstration, this time it was portrait drawing in charcoal.
https://www.pinnersketchclub.co.uk/
Portrait painting workshops in Cornwall.
Another two very enjoyable portrait painting workshops at Truro Arts Company.
This was my first one at their fantastic shop in Truro city centre, next year i should be teaching back at their coachouse studio in the heart of the Cornish countryside just outside Truro.
So nice to get down to St Agnes afterwards!
Zorn palette Portrait painting workshop.
Another very enjoyable portrait painting workshop with Pegasus Art in Stroud.
It was so nice to be painting with a lovely group of artists in Stroud again.
Thanks to Paul for being such a good sitter!
2021 TALP Open Exhibition Award winner
I'm really pleased to have won a Clairefontaine Award at the 2021 TALP Open exhibition for one of my submissions 'Paint Splattered Apron'. I've also won one of The Artist's Exhibition Awards, the competition judges have chosen ten artists from The Artist category to contribute five paintings to form a special finalists’ show to be held at Patchings Art Centre in October 2022.
The Artist, Leisure Painter and Painters-Online 2021 Open competition.
Really pleased to have two of my knife paintings accepted for The Artist, Leisure Painter and PaintersOnline 2021 Open competition in partnership with Patchings Art Centre.
They will be on exhibition at Patchings Art Centre, Oxton Road, Calverton, Nottinghamshire from 21 August to 26 September 2021.
Here’s my third portrait for #portraitsfornhsheroes. This is Theodora, she's a university student who was asked to come and help out in the Covid Intensive Care Units and wards because they were desperate and so understaffed! I painted her portrait as part of the #portraitsfornhsheroes initiative created by fellow Oxford art society member and painter friend Tom Croft.
Portrait painting demonstration
I recently did a Zoom portrait painting demonstration with a limited palette (the Zorn palette) for The Art events Group. It was another enjoyable Zoom experience, i was told afterwards that it was like watching the grand national towards the end as i was finishing up.
I tickled this painting up a bit after the demonstration!
"Great demo! I really enjoyed the excitement!" Linda Bywaters
Portrait painting workshop in Truro
Another very enjoyable and successful portrait painting workshop with Truro Arts Company.
It was so nice to be painting with a lovely group of artists in Cornwall again.
Thanks to Morgan for being such a good sitter!
Portrait painting in acrylics demonstration via Zoom
This is my first Acrylics portrait demonstration on Zoom, Usually i demonstrate in oils so i was under
a bit more pressure to produce something in 2 hours.
Ongar art society were let down by another artist so i jumped in at the last minute to help them out.
"Just wanted to tell you Barbara that Mark Fennell was a great demonstrator. All our members were so impressed with his ways of explaining what he was doing, talking about his colour palette, brushes, types of mark etc. So informative. A really good, easy style of chatting, that made the whole demo very interesting all the way through. Excellent painting also. "
Great choice, thank you very much
All the best
Loueen
Very pleased to be exhibiting at the Bucks Art Society 100th anniversary Exhibition at the county museum in Aylesbury, the town where I was born and grew up. Also very pleased that the Art curator Mel Czapski chose my portrait of ww2 veteran Len Nixey as one of her five favourite pieces. Unfortunately the museum is closed during lockdown but you can see the great work by all the members and the virtual tour - https://www.buckscountymuseum.org/.../bucks-art-society.../
Zoom portrait painting in acrylics workshop
Another very enjoyable and successful portrait painting workshop with Henley Arts & Craft Guild. This one had to be done on Zoom due to another Covid lockdown but i must say i'm getting to like Zoom, it works very well and i find it very sociable during these strange times.
Here are some of the impressive portraits that were completed during and after the workshop.
"Just to say thanks for a great portrait demo yesterday.
The members really appreciated it and more are watching the recording too. We've had some nice comments thanking us and you for the demo."
Janet Myall
“I thought the workshop went really well he is very engaging, has a very easy friendly manner, I’d certainly do another of his workshops as I like his style”
“ I really enjoyed it. I found it a useful and straightforward way to approach a portrait”
“ I thought the workshop was brilliant - thank you. I have been doing classes for five years and avoided painting people, portraits, hands - all of it”
“Thank you for a fabulous workshop, I enjoyed every minute of it”
“ I thoroughly enjoyed Mark demonstrate his portraiture skills, which I found extremely helpful. The time went too quick as I found his technique really absorbing”
“Really good morning painting along with Mark, who gave us some interesting and original ideas on how to construct a portrait - will definitely try that technique again”
Zorn palette portrait painting demonstration on Zoom
I recently did a Zoom portrait painting demonstration from my studio for 39 members of Henley Arts & Crafts Guild. It was another enjoyable Zoom experience and very well organised by the society.
I tickled this painting up a bit after the demonstration!
Here are a few quotes from the members
"Mark is a super duper painter and so skilled"
"A good demonstration and a good result. I noted the age-old problem of knowing when to stop"
"Thanks for another fascinating demo!"
" It was a wonderful demonstration and I was very sorry to have to leave early - so pleased I'll be able to watch the rest of it later" (As we offer a recording)
"Thank you to Mark - it was a very informative and interesting afternoon"
"Just to say thanks for a great portrait demo yesterday.
The members really appreciated it and more are watching the recording too. We've had some nice comments thanking us and you for the demo."
Janet Myall
https://henley-art-crafts-guild.org
Portraits for nhs heroes
My portrait of nurse Megan Woodman is featured in this beautiful book that was put together to showcase the remarkable project 'Portraits for NHS heroes', initiated by fellow artist Tom Croft.
Oil painting workshop in Stroud
I spent an enjoyable day teaching a small socially distanced group alla prima oil painting techniques
at Pegasus Art in Stroud.
Unfortunately a few people that booked the course dropped out at the last minute due to the rise in covid-19 cases but we still had a fun day!
My next socially distanced workshop here is palette knife portrait painting on October 24th 2020.
https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/classes-workshops.irs
Portrait painting workshop in Cornwall
Spent an enjoyable couple of days running a portrait painting workshop for Truro arts company.
I painted Chris, the guy in the blue top over 3 demonstrations each lasting approx 30 minutes.
#portraitsfornhsheroes at Piccadilly Circus
Chuffed to have my portrait of nurse Megan up on the massive billboard at Piccadilly Circus with all the other artists on the cover of Artists Talk magazine.
Mall galleries Award Winning Artists exhibition
As one of this years award winning artists some of my work is up for sale on Mall galleries Award Winning Artists online exhibition. Also it was a nice surprise to see my painting - Knockout featured in the Mall Galleries email.
#portraitsfornhsheroes
Here’s my second portrait for #portraitsfornhsheroes. I challenged myself by painting Katy just with palette knifes. I painted her portrait as part of the #portraitsfornhsheroes initiative created by fellow Oxford art society member and painter friend Tom Croft.
Katy's experience her own words.
“I’m a theatre recovery nurse. I qualified as a nurse in 2012 working first at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and later the BMI. During the full-on Covid period both NHS and private hospitals dedicated themselves to the common Covid struggle. The private sector was contracted to the NHS. I did a number of long shifts in an area designated for Covid patients with “hot and cold” areas - an off shoot of ITU. I also had informal caring responsibilities to my every father (recently widowed), whilst trying to socially distance.”
#portraitsfornhsheroes
My portrait for #portraitsfornhsheroes got a little feature in the Bucks Herald and Vale life magazine i was also intervied on Three Counties Radio.
Portrait of nurse Megan Woodman, painted as part of Oxford art society member Tom Croft’s brilliant idea #portraitsfornhsheroes.
Megan works at Chelsea and Westminster hospital in London and has been nursing for only a year and a half. She was transfered to the ITU unit during the Covid19 pandemic.
If you would like to nominate an NHS Hero to be painted, sign into Instagram and search the hashtag #portraitsfornhsheroes to find an artist.
#portraitsfornhsheroes
Megan works as a nurse at Chelsea and Westminster hospital in London and has been nursing for only a year and a half. She was transfered to the ITU unit during the Covid19 pandemic. I painted her portrait as part of the #portraitsfornhsheroes initiative created by fellow Oxford art society member and painter friend Tom Croft.
Megan’s experience her own words.
I felt very lucky that I had worked in a medical ward and had recent surgical experience before being transferred to ITU during the covid pandemic as both areas intertwined in the high level of care- but was still surprised by how different it felt to any experiences I’ve had through training and qualification.
As someone who enjoys chatting with patients it felt very strange to be looking after someone and not know what their voice sounded like. The dissonant sound of countless beeps, hums and drones from the equipment in the room almost became the patients voice whilst they couldn’t use their own- alerting to when something is wrong and reassuring when things improve.
My overwhelming feeling of working in ITU during the pandemic was gratitude for the nurses, doctors, physiotherapists and other fantastic members of the healthcare team. I continually saw colleagues support each other and help with not only the patient during and incredibly scary and difficult period of their life, but also fortifying and providing reassurance to ITU newcomers like myself.
I’m grateful for my ITU experience, and feel very lucky to have seen so many patients improve and to use their voices again. “
Artists life interview.
I occasionally run art courses at Pegasus art in Stroud and they recently interviewed me for their Artists life blog.
https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/blog/artist-interviews/artist-life-mark-fennell/
Portrait painting demonstration.
I had an enjoyable evening demonstrating portrait painting from life at Virginia Water art society.
As ever it was a challenge with only 2 hours including a tea break.
"This evening Mark Fennell came to Virginia Water Art Society to demonstrate painting in oil the Portait of Anthony one of our members. The likeness was incredible and in less than 2 hours Mark talked us through his process. The evening was very enjoyable and everyone was impressed by the results, thank you Mark"
https://www.virginiawater.org.uk/artsociety/
Winner of The Winsor and Newton Painting Award at the 2020 RBA annual exhibition.
Chuffed to bits to be awarded The Winsor and Newton Painting Award at the Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition.
https://royalsocietyofbritishartists.org.uk/rba-annual-exhibition-2020/
Portrait painting course.
Had a fun day running a portrait painting workshop with a talented group of artists at Pegasus art in Stroud.
https://www.pegasusart.co.uk/classes-workshops.irs
The most voted for artist at Bucks art society autumn exhibition.
Very pleased to find that i was voted 1st as the most voted for artist and two of my paintings were jointly voted 2nd for the peoples choice, where the public vote for their favourite work in the Bucks
art society autumn exhibition. https://bucksart.co.uk/
Portrait painting from life demonstration.
I had a fun evening painting Marilyn from life at Wendover art club, with less than 2 hrs to do the job i had work extremely fast.
http://www.wendoverartclub.co.uk/
Portrait painting workshop at Queen’s Park centre in Aylesbury.
Spent an enjoyable day running a portrait painting workshop for Bucks art society at my old junior school which is now Queen’s Park centre in Aylesbury.
Robin George our model for the day was as brilliant as ever!
http://bucksart.co.uk/
The Artist magazine.
Got a nice little feature in The summer edition of the Artist magazine this month.
My Chemo self portrait series in the news.
Found myself on another online news site i’ve never heard of!
https://www.real-fix.com/general/artist-diagnosed-with-cancer-produces-incredible-series-of-self-portraits-for-every-week-of-his-chemo/
The Artist magazine - editors choice.
I got a nice little write up in The September issue of The Artist magazine! www.painters-online.com
Vale life magazine.
I’ve got a little a feature on me and my work in the June/July issue of Vale Life magazine.
http://www.vale-life.co.uk
Bucks Art Weeks.
I am delighted to be exhibiting some of my work at Delphine art studio in Thame for the Bucks Art Weeks, from June 9th – June 24th 2018.
Pictured – Roland Muldoon and Joey sat next to my portrait of Roland and Sid.
The Artist and Leisure painter.
My portrait of Sir Walter has been selected for The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines Patchings exhibition.
The SAA.
I’m featured in the 2018 May issue of The Society of all artists Paint magazine.
Art courses.
Had a fun and hard working weekend teaching oil painting at the Henley school of art. Got some great results from some students who had never painted before!
Art courses.
I did this 40 minute demonstration at Master Art Workshops
Painting Characters in Oil or Acrylics class, the eyes were put in later in a 15 minute demo.
April 21st 2018
www.masterartworkshops.com
Art demonstrator.
Had a fun evening demonstrating portrait painting from life in oils at Watford and Bushey art society.
Had a fun weekend teaching portrait painting at The Henley School of Art
www.thehenleyschoolofart.com