PORTRAIT PAINTING WITH HAROLD RILEY - Masterclass (1991?)

PORTRAIT PAINTING WITH HAROLD RILEY

A dialogue with the famous Salford artist as he works on a portrait. Harold Riley's commissioned portraits include H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh K.G., H.R.H. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, His Holiness Pope Paul II, United States Presidents John Kennedy and Gerald Ford, American Ambassador Elliot Richardson and Sir John Barbirolli.

“The portrait is the oldest form of image making. A desire to record the human face can be seen amongst the earliest pictures known. All painters, whether professional or amateur, struggle to find the inner spirit of their subject.

A portrait is a sensitive 'triangle' between the artist, the sitter and the onlooker. It is impossible to teach the nature of the emotions involved in this inter-reaction of feelings between the artist and sitter but an examination of the method, the materials used and the objective approach of a master can be very rewarding.” - Harold Riley

This tape is, quite simply, such a dialogue with the Salford artist Harold Riley - an insight that will be invaluable to the serious portrait painter and fascinating to those with a more academic interest.

HAROLD RILEY is perhaps most famous for the work he carried on from L.S. Lowry - the documentation through paintings, drawings and photographs of the City of Salford. But this devotion to the portrait of his birthplace and home town is only a part of the story.

His commissioned portraits include H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh K.G., H.R.H. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, His Holiness Pope Paul II, United States Presidents John Kennedy and Gerald Ford, American Ambassador Elliot Richardson and Sir John Barbirolli.

MASTERCLASS - WE'VE GOT THE EXPERTS TAPED.
OTHER SUBJECTS IN THE MASTER CLASS SERIES:

"DRAWINGS' WITH HAROLD RILEY, LANDSCAPE PAINTING” WITH HAROLD RILEY

'ACID SOIL AND ALPINES' WITH MIKE LONG, PROPAGATION PART 1 AND HYBRID RHODODENDRONS' WITH MIKE LONG

‘HERBACIOUS BORDERS' WITH MIKE LONG

PRODUCED BY HOLIDAY BROTHERS (AUDIO & VIDEO) LTD., 172 FINNEY LANE, HEALD GREEN, CHEADLE, CHESHIRE