Level: All levels welcome.

In this workshop, we’ll explore a range of compositional ideas and guidelines, arranging and lighting our still life setups using coloured backgrounds, reflective surfaces, and transparent elements. We’ll focus on creating interesting and unusual compositions, paying attention to shadow shapes and colour relationships. After sketching out our compositions on canvas, we’ll move on to painting—focusing on dynamic colour mixing, expressive brushwork, and effective techniques for painting shadows.

Materials provided: Fruit, Crockery and Cutlery, Coloured Backgrounds, Tea, Coffee & Biscuits, Expert Tuition, Detailed Demonstrations, 1 to 1 Guidance

What to bring:

• Packed Lunch

• A Painting Shirt or Apron

• A Canvas or Board min A4, max A3 (square or rectangle)

• A selection of Brushes

• Artist Quality Paints (Oils or Acrylics) eg Daler Rowney Starter Set

• A Black Sharpie and a ‘Fine Liner’ Pen (or similar)

• Palette knife

• Paper Palette and a Box to take your work home in

• Oils only: A jar and some low odour thinners/ white spirit substitute for cleaning your brushes, some rags or plenty of tissues to wipe brushes clean.

• Optional extras:

  • ‘Liquin’ painting medium if working in Oils

  • A ‘Stay-wet’ Palette if working in Acrylics