Alla Prima Still Life with Stephanie Mills

Alla Prima Still Life Painting

This two day course will focus on creating one alla-prima (wet-on-wet) still life painting. Each artist will set up their own still life under the guidance of the tutor, giving consideration to composition, light, and variants of colour, tone and texture.

This workshop is suitable for all levels of ability. Attendees will receive multiple individual critiques throughout the two days with a focus on solid drawing as well as shape, value and edge design.

Working on still life paintings is an excellent way to develop paint handling and compositional ideas.

Materials To Bring:

Objects to paint - keep in mind this is only a two day course so simple shapes will be easier to paint than complicated items.

A medium-sized surface of your preference to paint on - canvas, panel, aluminium panel, etc. Please ensure it is already primed.

Oil paint - bring your usual palette plus any additional colours based on the objects you have chosen. If you are new to painting then you might want to bring the following as a starting point:

Titanium White

Cadmium Yellow

Yellow Ochre and/or Raw Sienna

Cadmium Orange

Cadmium Red

Burnt Sienna

Alizarin Crimson

Ultramarine Blue

Sap Green Lake

Raw Umber

Burnt Umber

Ivory Black

If you choose objects of a particular colour then please add in that colour. For metallic objects you may wish to include Naples Yellow Light or a similar less-expensive colour for highlights.

Any paint brand is fine. If you are new to painting then you might want to opt for student grade paints such as Winsor & Newton or Daler Rowney as they are cheaper.

Palette

Palette Knife

Range of Brushes - please bring your usual brushes. If you are new to painting then bring a selection of synthetic and hog brushes (filberts, rounds, flats). Jacksons sell a number of suitable brush sets here For additional advice on brushes please get in touch before the workshop.

Pot to hold brushes in

Medium such as linseed oil

Low/no-odour solvent such as Sansador

Kitchen roll or rags

Something to protect and carry your work home in from the studio