Zooming in on the figure
Next Thursday we are going to move away from painting the whole figure to choosing an interesting form to paint from our life model. The...
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- Nov 18
- 1 min
First life model session
On Thursday we are going to focus on a trying to achieve a silhouette of Kate which will make us concentrate on the negative image, like...
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sebastianaplin
- Nov 11
- 1 min
Statue painting
To prepare for our sessions with the life model from Thursday week onwards, I'd like to spend next session practicing how to model the...
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sebastianaplin
- Nov 5
- 1 min
Thursday's session
I was asked to clarify what you had to bring in for Thursday. The most important thing is to bring one or more image you would like to...
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sebastianaplin
- Nov 4
- 1 min
Nabis interior for Thursday
The Nabis painters such as Vuillard and Bonnard painted interiors full of vibrant colour and pattern. Much more emphasis was placed on...
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sebastianaplin
- Oct 28
- 1 min
Impressionist landscape
Next Thursday we will be looking at landscape/cityscape painting and how we can use silhouettes to control the composition and also give...
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sebastianaplin
- Oct 23
- 2 min
Halloween painting
For Thursday I asked you to bring in All Saints/Halloween objects such as candles, flowers, pumpkins or other related objects and wanted...
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sebastianaplin
- Oct 14
- 1 min
Kitchen utensils
Next Thursday please remember to bring in some kitchen ware (utensil/dish/appliance) to serve as a still life model. I've been having a...
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sebastianaplin
- Oct 7
- 1 min
Colour constancy
Please remember to find out what this term means and how it affects painting so that we can begin next class with a brief discussion on...
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sebastianaplin
- Oct 5
- 1 min
Paints
Whether you are using oils or acrylics you can start with a few basic colours. A palette that would give you a nice broad range of...
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sebastianaplin
- Oct 5
- 2 min
Oil and acrylic painting materials
Hello and welcome to the autumn painting course. If its your first time on this blog don't forget to subscribe to that you will be...
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sebastianaplin
- Jul 26
- 1 min
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
Preparing a mid tone painting surface.
This would be useful for next week, when we come to paint our model, as it speeds up the process of blocking in forms. You can prepare...
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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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