Still life preparation
I'm going to publish a few blog posts before we start the course in order to take you through some of my process when painting a still...
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Sebastian Aplin
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sebastianaplin
- Sep 14, 2023
- 1 min
The principles of oil painting
The room is booked and the preparations have started for the new course at Stapleford Granary which will run over November. You can find...
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sebastianaplin
- Aug 1, 2023
- 1 min
On the move
Since we are moving away I am giving up my teaching courses at COAS and so won't be giving the Autumn courses. I'm very grateful to you...
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sebastianaplin
- Jul 10, 2023
- 1 min
Life model session
We'll be finishing off this block of classes with a life model painting session using the practice we did to emphasise the structure of...
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sebastianaplin
- Jul 10, 2023
- 1 min
Painting the clothed figure 2
This Thursday will be the last session of term, in which we have concentrated mostly on landscape to convey form, volume and distance. ...
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sebastianaplin
- Jul 3, 2023
- 1 min
Suggesting form in figure painting
Because we are so good at recognising small differences between people it is very difficult to bring out the human form convincingly....
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sebastianaplin
- Jul 3, 2023
- 1 min
Life model figure sketching
As the weather forecast for Thursday is poor we'll be practicing figure sketching in the life model room and not outside. We will be...
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sebastianaplin
- Jun 26, 2023
- 1 min
Painting the model "en plein air"
On Friday we have the challenge of painting our (clothed) model in the garden in front of the School of Art and Design. Hopefully the...
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sebastianaplin
- Jun 26, 2023
- 1 min
Simplifying figures
When we look to incorporate human figures and buildings into our landscapes we worry how recognisable they will be, which is a problem...
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sebastianaplin
- Jun 19, 2023
- 1 min
Human figure in context
We have looked at negative and positive space, foreground and background but only touched on the importance of the background to tell the...
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sebastianaplin
- Jun 19, 2023
- 1 min
Seascape with clouds
What is attractive about painting a seascape with clouds is that you can paint it in a more expressive way without fear of loosing...
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sebastianaplin
- Jun 13, 2023
- 1 min
Construction and reconstruction
Once we established the concept that the main attribute of a colour is its value, then we were able to push our colours out beyond...
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sebastianaplin
- Jun 13, 2023
- 1 min
Impressionist landscapes
Monet's paintings of Rouen cathedral demonstrate clearly how the colour of objects we perceive is defined by the light shining on them. ...
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sebastianaplin
- Jun 10, 2023
- 1 min
Community Day
Tomorrow (Sunday) is Community day at Cardiff School of Art and Design where COAS have organised various workshops around the end of year...
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sebastianaplin
- May 31, 2023
- 1 min
Self portrait
On Friday 9th of June I hope you will bring in a self portrait, either printed or on your phone, or even just a mirror for any brave...
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sebastianaplin
- May 31, 2023
- 1 min
Resource images
After we get back from our break I hope you will bring an image to work from where you can try out some of the mechanisms for conveying...
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sebastianaplin
- May 22, 2023
- 1 min
Simplifying the life model painting
Last Friday we looked at the technique of simplifying a face into its simplest forms fist by blocking in dark and light and then maybe...
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sebastianaplin
- May 22, 2023
- 1 min
Distance in landscape painting
This Thursday we're going to explore the mechanisms around giving the illusion of looking into the distance, which isn't always easy when...
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sebastianaplin
- May 14, 2023
- 1 min
Visual texture and colour mixing
Next Friday is our theory and practice session where we'll look at strategies for making our painting even more appealing, from the...
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sebastianaplin
- May 14, 2023
- 1 min
Landscape resource image
I asked you to take some photos that you could print out for Thursday. The main ideas is to think about contrasting forms that would...
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