3 Day Still Life Oil Painting Workshop

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Location Meeting Room, Castle Hill Showground, Showground Road, Castle Hill, NSW, 2154, Australia

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Meeting Room, Castle Hill Showground, Castle Hill, NSW, 2154, Australia.

This event is limited to a small number of attendees to ensure that everyone is given the attention needed. The indirect method of painting is a multi-step approach that allows you to develop the painting gradually. It also allows you to correct and modify your work as you progress. Oil paint is a very forgiving medium, and learning to use this method gives you many opportunities to create various effects in a painting. This method of painting allows you to develop detail in a painting and control various light effects. The course will be delivered over 3 sessions of 4.0 hours each. Throughout the whole course, we will be working on a single still-life painting containing different elements that need to be tackled using various techniques.

The schedule is as follows:
Day 1:

  • Overview of oil painting materials and tools.
  • Setting up the still life composition and selecting objects.
  • Basic drawing and composition techniques for still life.
  • Introduction to the colour palette and mixing.
  • Starting the underpainting and initial blocking of shapes and values.

Day 2:

  • Building the coloured layer.
  • Understanding light and shadow in still life.
  • Capturing texture and reflective surfaces.

Day 3:

  • Adding colour variations and subtleties to your still life.
  • Glazing and scumbling techniques.
  • Finalising your painting with highlights and finishing touches.



What to bring

  • Lunch, notebook, and a camera/phone
  • Wear clothes you don’t mind getting paint on
  • When booking you can choose to bring your own materials, or else I will provide what you need. 

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Christopher Vidal Organizer name

http://www.christopher-vidal.com.au

Chris is an artist who lives and works in Sydney, Australia. At the age of six, Chris developed an interest in drawing and at the age of 13, he attended the School of Arts at Palazzo de La Salle in Valletta, Malta. Vidal's style of work was developed through years of experience in drawing and painting. He considers himself as a contemporary realist with his preferred subject being the landscape. Studying classical arts mainly drawing from life helped him to develop drawing skills and a keen eye for detail. During his studies, he was influenced by the works of the great masters. He is also influenced by the American landscape painters of the Hudson River School and by the Australian impressionists of the Heidelberg movement. Chris is also a tutor and teaches drawing and painting to adults at various locations around Sydney. He emphasises the importance of drawing as the foundation onto which you can build up a solid skill in painting as you progress. Having a solid background in science he gives importance to the quality of materials used to create artwork as well as to the importance of understanding why to use a particular technique in the painting process. Ultimately the aim of the teaching classes is to guide you and help you develop a skill in a way that you will be able to draw and paint without any assistance and to also be your own critique.

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