Painting from the Still Life

Using a still life, students will complete a painting from start to finish. 

Beginning students will focus on how to hold a pencil, how to construct shapes, and how to choose a strong composition as well as the technicalities of color value and stroke texture.

More advanced students will have the opportunity to fine-tune their techniques in these areas. Students can bring either acrylic or oil paints according to their experience and comfort level.

All will be encouraged to express their own artistic voice, but will progress through the stages of the painting as a group.

The tuition for this class includes a fee of $xx for basic materials provided by CAW.

COVID-19 Information:
CAW is now requiring proof of vaccination status from all who are eligible to receive it for in-person classes and workshops.

Please click here to upload your vaccination card in advance of the first day of class.

Note: if you have already submitted your vaccination card to CAW, there is no need to do it again.

Term: Summer 2022

Suggested Ages: 18+

Required supplies for students to bring:

A canvas, any size

Paint brushes, as many as you'd like, but minimum one medium sized and one very small for detail

If you want to use acrylic paint, please bring a set of acrylic paints or tubes of red, blue, green, black, and white and a a jar for water and paper towel for cleaning brushes 

If you want to use oil paints, please bring a set of oils paints or tubes of red, blue, green, black, and white and a jar for paint thinner or turpentine, a cloth for cleaning brushes, and/or linseed oil and its own jar 

A palette - this can be anything from a wooden painter's palette to a piece of cardboard, plastic, or thick paper. It's a surface for mixing the paint.

A palette knife (optional, good for mixing colors in both mediums)

A pencil and an eraser