2 days with lunch

10am - 4pm

EXPLORING MARK MAKING, COLOUR AND EMOTION IN STILL LIFE PAINTING

“A still life is not merely a cold and random arrangement of objects. Approached in the right way, still life paintings can become portals to express energy, emotion and meaning.”

During this two day workshop, Serena will demonstrate ways of revitalising mark making, encouraging an instinctive approach to colour.

Serena strongly believes that confident and accomplished drawing underpins every successful painting, so she will share exercises to help strengthen the connection between your eye and hand, followed by mixing demos.

She hopes the time spent with her will help you gain confidence in your oil painting and send you on a journey to cease to describe things in paint but begin to express them.

You will leave the workshop feeling inspired and reinvigorated!

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DAY 1

During the first morning, we will do drawing exercises to help to warm up the eye, hand and heart! 

Serena will then do a colour mixing demo on her traditional wooden palette and she will show you how she approaches her floral still life paintings in a painting demo. 

In the afternoon everyone will then move onto work on a small painting.

DAY 2

On the second day, after our drawing exercises, we will start a larger painting and work on that throughout the day, using everything we have learnt and talked about from the day before.

You will leave the two day workshop with 2 or more paintings, plenty of drawings and a head full of inspiration!

A materials list and further information will be provided well ahead of your course. Please note: This course wouldn’t suit absolute beginners in oil paint, although if you paint in acrylics or watercolour and want to make a switch to oil that will be fine.

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Serena trained at the Chelsea School of Art, Florence Academy of Art and at the Royal Drawing School. Her work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition , The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, ING Discerning Eye, New English Art Club, among others and can be found in many private art collections.

Serena is an encouraging and approachable teacher with a wealth of knowledge who works hard to help her students get the very best out of themselves.