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Still Life Composition Workshop


  • Womens Art Club 6980 Cambridge Avenue Cincinnati, OH, 45227 United States (map)

Three-day painting workshop
September 19, 20, and 21, 2019, 10:00-4:00
($375 members/ $400 non-members)

The focus of this class provide initial or further introduction to the steps taken and principles applied to the art of a still life painting. This includes:

 I.       the conception of a visual idea for a painting

II.       arrangement and organizing of a still life, considering values, hues and chromas

III.       the execution of a coherent, helpful charcoal drawing with which to compose the stuff within the picture frame.

IV.       the execution of a lay-in or "start" in oil

V.       what to consider while pressing on towards the finish, and how to look cool doing it.