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**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.
Throughout the five weeks, students will complete a series of enlarged master copies from carefully selected details in Vermeer’s paintings. Each study will be painted approximately two to four times larger than the original to allow close observation of the artist’s handling of paint, edges, color, and light.
The purpose of these copies is not to reproduce a finished painting, but to understand how Vermeer constructed the illusion of light and form through simple, deliberate decisions
Week 1 -
Presentation +The Ceramic Jug from The Milkmaid
Focus on:
Large value masses
Rounded form
Soft edge transitions
Light across glazed ceramic
Week 2 -
Demo +Bread Basket and Loaves from The Milkmaid
Focus on:
Broken color
Texture without excessive detail
Warm and cool neutrals
Variety of edges
Week 3 -
Presentation+ Blue Tablecloth and White Linen from The Milkmaid
Focus on:
Fold construction
Color temperature
Light falling across fabric
Simplification of complex forms
Week 4 -
Demo + Choose one of the following:
The Wine Glass from The Glass of Wine
The Silver Pitcher from Woman with a Water Jug
Focus on:
Reflections
Transparency
Highlights
Metal versus glass surfaces
Week 5 -
Presentation/demo +Students select one additional passage from any Vermeer painting that includes still-life elements such as:
Fruit
Ceramic vessels
Oriental carpets
Wooden furniture
Pewter objects
Maps and wall textures
Musical instruments
Table coverings
The final master copy should demonstrate an understanding of Vermeer’s methods rather than simply reproducing his appearance.
Palette
Use a limited classical palette.
Lead White (or Titanium/Zinc mix if unavailable)
Yellow Ochre
Raw Umber
Burnt Umber/burnt sienna
Vermilion(preferred) or Cadmium Red Light
Madder Lake (or Alizarin Crimson)
Ultramarine Blue
Ivory Black/mars black
Optional
Green gold/ Naples Yellow
Terre Verte
Viridian
Brushes
Hog bristle flats
Long filberts
Soft sable rounds
synthetic brushes
Sizes:
2–12
Surface
Oil-primed linen
Tone with a warm grey imprimatura made from:
Raw Umber
+
White
**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.
Throughout the five weeks, students will complete a series of enlarged master copies from carefully selected details in Vermeer’s paintings. Each study will be painted approximately two to four times larger than the original to allow close observation of the artist’s handling of paint, edges, color, and light.
The purpose of these copies is not to reproduce a finished painting, but to understand how Vermeer constructed the illusion of light and form through simple, deliberate decisions
Week 1 -
Presentation +The Ceramic Jug from The Milkmaid
Focus on:
Large value masses
Rounded form
Soft edge transitions
Light across glazed ceramic
Week 2 -
Demo +Bread Basket and Loaves from The Milkmaid
Focus on:
Broken color
Texture without excessive detail
Warm and cool neutrals
Variety of edges
Week 3 -
Presentation+ Blue Tablecloth and White Linen from The Milkmaid
Focus on:
Fold construction
Color temperature
Light falling across fabric
Simplification of complex forms
Week 4 -
Demo + Choose one of the following:
The Wine Glass from The Glass of Wine
The Silver Pitcher from Woman with a Water Jug
Focus on:
Reflections
Transparency
Highlights
Metal versus glass surfaces
Week 5 -
Presentation/demo +Students select one additional passage from any Vermeer painting that includes still-life elements such as:
Fruit
Ceramic vessels
Oriental carpets
Wooden furniture
Pewter objects
Maps and wall textures
Musical instruments
Table coverings
The final master copy should demonstrate an understanding of Vermeer’s methods rather than simply reproducing his appearance.
Palette
Use a limited classical palette.
Lead White (or Titanium/Zinc mix if unavailable)
Yellow Ochre
Raw Umber
Burnt Umber/burnt sienna
Vermilion(preferred) or Cadmium Red Light
Madder Lake (or Alizarin Crimson)
Ultramarine Blue
Ivory Black/mars black
Optional
Green gold/ Naples Yellow
Terre Verte
Viridian
Brushes
Hog bristle flats
Long filberts
Soft sable rounds
synthetic brushes
Sizes:
2–12
Surface
Oil-primed linen
Tone with a warm grey imprimatura made from:
Raw Umber
+
White