Still Life Beyond the Object (Online Course) Spring 2024 w/ Clare Haward NEAC

May 1 to May 22 (Wednesdays), 1:00 PM to 3:30 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.

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Course Description

An intermediate/advanced still life oil painting course in which we will look beyond the objects and focus on the pictorial possibilities of our subject. Clare will introduce a series of exercises encouraging students to see differently and discover the abstract qualities of our compositions. Considering core elements such as tone, line, light and shadow, colour relationships and edge quality, we will explore ways to represent what we see with paint. 

Course Outline

Week 1 -

Introduction of my work and putting together a still life.Students to set up simple/neutral coloured composition at home based on geometric shapes.Monochrome oil exercises aimed at exploring the pictorial possibilities, tonal relationships and abstract qualities of our compositions.

Week 2 -

Working with a limited palette, students will undertake a 'one-shot' painting to explore light/shadow/colour relationships within our compositions.

Week 3 and 4 -

Expanding the colour palette, students will work on a painting over two-sessions, with strategies for how to begin well and how to come back to the painting in week 2. 

Course Materials List

Palette

Palette Knife

Hog Brushes (size 6-10 range of brushes)

Basics Colour Palette:

Titanium White

Ultramarine Blue

Burnt Sienna

Raw Umber

Burnt Umber 

Cadmium Yellow (Medium)

Cadmium Red

Alizarin Crimson

Additional Colours:

Cadmium Lemon

Pthalo Blue or Prussian Blue

Pthalo Green or Veridian

Dioxadine (Windsor) Violet

A4/A3 Sized Canvas/board

Solvent

Linseed Oil

Rags