Old master copy
On Thursday we're going to learn from the best! (or one of them) and try our hand at forging one of Rembrandt's figure paintings. By...
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sebastianaplin
- Jul 18
- 2 min
Long pose session
This Thursday we are going to paint our life model in one pose rather than doing several. That means we can paint a bit bigger to build...
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sebastianaplin
- Jul 11
- 1 min
Colour palettes for figure painting
Up to now we've reduced our palette in order to simplify the effect of "blocking in " dark, mid tone and light areas. When we try to add...
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sebastianaplin
- Jul 4
- 1 min
Our first life model session
We'll follow the format of last session and complete 3 quite rapid figure studies of about 30 minutes each. For those of you who were...
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sebastianaplin
- Jun 27
- 1 min
Figure modelling
On Thursday we are going to look at how to model the human body in preparation for our life model sessions after that. We've looked at...
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sebastianaplin
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Hurray!
I've now got my two negative covid tests and so we're back on Thursday. In preparation I've been priming some cardboard panels with PVA...
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sebastianaplin
- Jun 15
- 1 min
COAS postponement
I'm afraid I'm testing positive for covid at the moment and so won't be able to give tomorrow's class. You will get an e mail from coas...
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sebastianaplin
- Jun 13
- 1 min
Urban landscape
This Thursday we'll be painting the urban landscape that we can use to create a dramatic compositions. These examples by Ben Aronson...
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sebastianaplin
- May 27
- 1 min
Parks and gardens
The best place to be at this time of year! The combination of the regular man made structures and organic natural forms is fascinating...
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sebastianaplin
- May 23
- 1 min
Form and brushwork
Another approach to creating the illusion of form in painting is through brushwork. Here you can see how Pissarro, Van Gogh and Cezanne...
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sebastianaplin
- May 17
- 1 min
Modelling form
Often painters use terms like sculpting or modelling forms as if they were working on solid blocks of stone. The light falling on a...
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sebastianaplin
- May 12
- 1 min
Seeing is an imaginative act
Welcome to the COAS summer term painting course and hello to other blog followers and fellow painting nerds. We're kicking off with two...
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sebastianaplin
- May 10
- 1 min
Sketchbook
For the new term on the painting course at COAS I'm asking everybody to create and bring with them a sketchbook (I suggest A4) to support...
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sebastianaplin
- Apr 28
- 1 min
Resource material
I've been out looking for inspiration for the watercolour workshop and found plenty the other day around Waterloo Gardens. The problem...
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sebastianaplin
- Apr 21
- 1 min
Stretching watercolour paper
This will stop your paper cockling when wet, although some people don't mind a bit of undulation on the surface. 1. Leave your paper to...
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sebastianaplin
- Apr 19
- 1 min
Watercolour workshop
I'm running a watercolour workshop at Oriel Canfas on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th of May. For those of you that don't know it, it is...
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sebastianaplin
- Apr 1
- 1 min
Stop press...
Members of the group were saying that the course starting in May had already filled up. I've now been told that this is not the case, so...
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sebastianaplin
- Apr 1
- 1 min
Thank you
Thank you to the Monday and Thursday groups for accompanying me on this exploration of painting, I hope some of the fascination I have on...
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sebastianaplin
- Mar 24
- 1 min
Self portrait
Our last week of the current course and maybe the biggest challenge! We'll start off with a tonal sketch of ourselves and just...
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sebastianaplin
- Mar 18
- 1 min
Tonal figure painting
"Tonal painting" refers to a style of painting where small differences in hue and value (tone) are built up to create the illusion of...
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