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Still Life Now (Online Workshop) Fall 2026 w/ Luke Hannam
November 4 to November 18 (Wednesdays), 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Eastern Time
**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
Workshop Description
Still life painting offers a way to explore the fundamental nature of painting itself, but we must resist allowing the subject to dictate the image. To do this, we can begin from drawing, collage, or photography: drawing to develop observation and confidence; collage to invite chance, surprise, and unexpected relationships; and photography to capture the overlooked objects that surround us, freeing us from conventional still-life motifs. Together, these approaches refresh perception and challenge habitual ways of seeing. Still life painting should awaken our senses to the present moment, helping us gather inspiration from the world as it is and providing the stimulus from which the exciting process of painting begins.
Workshop Outline
Week 1. Anatomy of Line
When I first start a drawing I try to summon up pure joy and pure response. The drawing is an improvisation and my focus is as much on the pears as the quality of line and mark making.
LIne Quality.
Space & Form.
Improvisation.
At the end of this session the student will be better able to explore and experiment with line quality, be able to discuss these qualities with their peers and apply learning to their own drawing. They will also have a broader understanding of improvisation and experimentation within their own drawing practise.
Week 2. Poetry of Line
Once I have a simple response on the page I begin to refine and play with shapes. Always in relation to one another.
Empathic drawing and emotional response.
Memory & Detail.
Narrative in Drawing.
At the end of this session the student will have a better understanding of what they already know. And be able to apply this to the challenge of making a drawing with purpose and meaning. The student will also understand how narrative and time can be used in drawing.
Week 3. Synthesis of Line
As I get nearer to what I want, I begin to allow a fuller emotive response to take over and let the drawing become itself.
Fundamentals and composition.
Compositional Theory.
Generating options, creating options.
At the end of this session the student will have an increased theoretical understanding of composition and be able to explore a range of options for final composition.
Workshop Materials List
4b, 6b Pencil, Graphite Stick
Scissors
Photographs
Secondary Information
Scrap paper
Gouache Paint
Brushes
Grey Card
November 4 to November 18 (Wednesdays), 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Eastern Time
**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
Workshop Description
Still life painting offers a way to explore the fundamental nature of painting itself, but we must resist allowing the subject to dictate the image. To do this, we can begin from drawing, collage, or photography: drawing to develop observation and confidence; collage to invite chance, surprise, and unexpected relationships; and photography to capture the overlooked objects that surround us, freeing us from conventional still-life motifs. Together, these approaches refresh perception and challenge habitual ways of seeing. Still life painting should awaken our senses to the present moment, helping us gather inspiration from the world as it is and providing the stimulus from which the exciting process of painting begins.
Workshop Outline
Week 1. Anatomy of Line
When I first start a drawing I try to summon up pure joy and pure response. The drawing is an improvisation and my focus is as much on the pears as the quality of line and mark making.
LIne Quality.
Space & Form.
Improvisation.
At the end of this session the student will be better able to explore and experiment with line quality, be able to discuss these qualities with their peers and apply learning to their own drawing. They will also have a broader understanding of improvisation and experimentation within their own drawing practise.
Week 2. Poetry of Line
Once I have a simple response on the page I begin to refine and play with shapes. Always in relation to one another.
Empathic drawing and emotional response.
Memory & Detail.
Narrative in Drawing.
At the end of this session the student will have a better understanding of what they already know. And be able to apply this to the challenge of making a drawing with purpose and meaning. The student will also understand how narrative and time can be used in drawing.
Week 3. Synthesis of Line
As I get nearer to what I want, I begin to allow a fuller emotive response to take over and let the drawing become itself.
Fundamentals and composition.
Compositional Theory.
Generating options, creating options.
At the end of this session the student will have an increased theoretical understanding of composition and be able to explore a range of options for final composition.
Workshop Materials List
4b, 6b Pencil, Graphite Stick
Scissors
Photographs
Secondary Information
Scrap paper
Gouache Paint
Brushes
Grey Card