The Still Life in Oil
Workshop | Available
The primary objective of this course is to master the technique of painting a still life through direct observation. We will explore the principles of composition and the arrangement that will be presented to you. I will provide a demonstration of the initial blocking-in process and discuss the considerations involved in making artistic decisions.
Each session will have specific goals to ensure your satisfaction with your work before progressing to the subsequent phase.
You will receive personalized guidance and feedback throughout the duration of the class. By the conclusion of the fourth and final session, we will conduct a critique of the paintings.
We will revisit all the information provided to you, ensuring that you depart with enhanced skills to tackle your next still life project.
- Canvas or board, no larger than 16x20
- Odorless Turpentine
- Brushes: Filberts and/or rounds, size 1-8
- Paints: Titanium White, Ivory Black, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Ultramarine Blue
- Palette
- Paper Towels
Arlene Marcoe-Davis
For as far as I can remember making art in its many forms is the way that I express myself in this world. In school I studied drawing, ceramics, painting, jewelry and stage design and leaving with a modest scholarship I intended to attend the Art Student League in NYC. Fate however had other plans and I moved to the Island of Maui.
I was an active member of the Lahaina Art Society and the Hui No’Eau. I furthered my studies with seminars on the mainland with master pastelist Albert Handel and Daniel Greene as well as watercolorist, Judi Betts. After 25 years in the islandsI found myself here in New Jersey and I took advantage of being able to study portraiture and anatomy with instructor Al Gury at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. It was then that I fell in love with oil paint.
Today I work in my studio that overlooks the marshland of South
Jersey. I know longer paint for prizes or profit, just the sheer joy of it. I recently withdrew my membership to the Salmagundi Club in NYC and am enjoying teaching locally.