Still Life Oil Painting with Tam Cao

Join artist Tam Cao in this 4 week still life painting course as a great way for students to improve their skills. Learn about still life painting with a limited palette. Starting with primary shapes i.e. cube, cone, sphere etc.  and further into more complicated shapes. As we arrange the objects in space you'll discover that composition of your still-life is a starting point to picture making.

What students will achieve

Expected course outcomes:

• understanding of primary shapes
• composition
• limited palette
• grisaille painting
• how to prime a canvas

Is this course right for me?

This class is suitable for intermediate artists wanting to improve their skills.

Materials List

Materials:

• AS oil paint titanium white, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber, raw umber, lamp black, optional colours: cadmium orange, alizarin crimson
• Range of flat and round brush
• acrylic primed linen (or 50/50 blend polycotton canvas) roughly 30 x 40 cm working area
• palette or perspex for mixing
• medium sized palette knife
• lots of rags for clean up
• refined linseed oil and odourless solvent

About studio classes

Our class sizes are small, ensuring you receive the individual tuition you need. We have a maximum of 12 students per class.

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