Sebastian Aplin
Painting courses

This week I've asked you to bring in a photo of a house interior to serve as a starting point for our exploration of visual texture and...

On Friday we will look at how our painting impacts the audience by the use of colour and design. By the 20th century many painters were...

The composition of a painting is not only affected by where objects are placed but also by how light falls on them and by the colour of...

Self portraits are associated with a close observation of the head. Although we may be tempted to anchor our paintings on accurate lines...

Still life painting was often used to show off the artist's mastery of revealing forms from shadows (chiaroscuro) and Caravaggio was the...

When we paint Barry on Friday we'll take forward the idea of painting positive and negative shapes rather than hands and legs. ...

We can apply the idea of positive and negative shapes to still life painting as we look for ways of recreating a sense of depth. Morandi...

Just thought I'd add another hat (helmet) pose, this one by Velazquez. Thank you all for your feedback sheets. I was wondering if you...

There are many famous portraits of people wearing hats such as this one by Vermeer They provide great shadows across the face and are...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Nabis painters such as Vuillard and Bonnard painted interiors full of vibrant colour and pattern. Much more emphasis was placed on...

For Thursday I asked you to bring in All Saints/Halloween objects such as candles, flowers, pumpkins or other related objects and wanted...

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...

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...