Welcome to Classical Still-Life in Oils!

I am so glad you are in my class and I know we are going to have a lot of fun! I want you to be prepared for the first day of class, so here a supply list so you can organize your supplies and get started!

There are a few things you can do before class begins:

1. Download the supply list

2. Organize all of your materials and overview the course outline

3. Check out our Community!  This is a private group you can visit to ask me questions, get light feedback when you post your artwork and share with peers. 

 I am excited you've joined the class and I look forward to seeing your portrait! If you have questions, reach out to me at contact@leeartstudio.com

Best,

Brianna

This week we includes lectures on composition, comparative measurement and demonstrations on how to prepare your drawing and panel for the underpainting stages. There is a bonus video on setting up a still-life at home using a cardboard box, a light and some simple household objects!

Welcome back to week 2! This week we will start with a lecture on using dynamic values to create focal point in your painting and we will transfer our finished drawings and start our underpainting tonal sketch in oils!

This week we will begin by mixing a value scale in oil to begin our opaque grisaille underpainting!

This week we return to our grisaille to add final textures, details and punch up the contrast in our under painting in preparation for color glazing next week!

This week we discuss how to paint translucency and begin adding color glazes to our paintings!

This week we discuss how to paint various surface qualities in painting, such as matte or glossy textures, and we continue glazing color over our grisaille layer.

This week we bring our paintings to a finish by adding textural details and final color layers! We also discuss balancing edges and details for a composition in a digital lecture and demo!