Sebastian Aplin
Painting courses

Our last week of the current course and maybe the biggest challenge! We'll start off with a tonal sketch of ourselves and just...

"Tonal painting" refers to a style of painting where small differences in hue and value (tone) are built up to create the illusion of...

Next week we're going to paint a seated figure step by step so that the figure we paint is integrated into the background. We'll be...

Next week we are going to explore how all painting is essentially abstract in that it relies on the contrast of colours and shapes, even...

Next week we are painting daffodils so please bring some in or any other plant/flowers you are able to get hold of. Daffodils have a very...

Since there is no power point presentation for this week's class (we did a paint along yesterday) I wanted to put up some images to show...

As you know we are painting a shoe/boot still life next week, so don't forget to bring in a pair! I've been looking at how figures...

If you want to get some extra practice before our lessons you can try this one. The link is in the previous post. Try using Ultramarine...

Next week we will be working from 3D modelling images taken from the Sketchfab website, such as this one. Here is the link, if you want...

Don't worry, we're not painting more lemons next week! But for those who have yet to have this class we're going to concentrate on...

Next week we will be looking at painting lemons, not original but very useful when looking at how colour changes in step with value. If...

Next week we're looking at how light affects colour. We'll continue to practice using our holistic (right hemisphere) brain to look at...

I'm looking forward to working with the Thursday painting group. I enjoyed looking at negative space with the Monday group. which...

This blog is to support your learning on your COAS painting course. Here you will find: Information on weekly course practice tasks...

I like the stained-glass effect with the trees - I'm wondering about combining it with the Fauve techniques.

Lots of potential with this - I think I'm rather fond of Viridian, too.

I really loved doing these - I'll have some more goes at this!

I really enjoyed yesterday's classes as always and very much hope to keep in touch with you. I'll probably be using this blog to support...

My search for suitable fauve subject matter has been hijacked by Christmas lights! In a way this is more a return to pointillism but it...

Thinking about how to make Fauvism work in watercolour I came across these by Andre Derrain and Raul Dufy. Painting with expressive lines...