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18. Still Life Workshop: Spring Flowers

  • Athenaeum Music & Arts Library 1008 Wall Street La Jolla, CA, 92037 (map)

Pat Kelly

Thursday, 9 AM–1:30 PM 
March 20 
(1 Day, 4.5 total hours of instruction) 
La Jolla Studio 
$120/140 + $10 materials fee paid to instructor 

Paint from a beautiful still life inspired by spring flowers! 

 

This is a one-day intensive workshop focusing on painting flowers alla prima. Students will learn about composition by designing and setting up a floral still life. We will take a closer look at the structure of flowers and techniques for painting them. 

 

A fun, fast study, and an excellent opportunity to develop painting skills and study floral painting in depth. The workshop will conclude with group critique. For oil painters of all levels. 

 

Materials: 9” x 12” or 11” x 14” canvas or linen panel; half-dozen brushes, white bristle flat or filbert, size 2, 4, and 6. One medium-size steel palette knife; small, pointed round brush for detail, size 2–4. Paper towels; Gamsol solvent; small jar for turpentine; wooden palette; oil paints: Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Yellow Medium Cadmium Lemon, Phthalo Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, Raw Umber, Cadmium orange. 

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Immediately after you register, look for a confirmation email and receipt. In the week preceding the class start date, you will receive another email with more details.

Earlier Event: March 19
17B. Two-Model Workshop (Nude)
Later Event: March 25
19. Fruit & Flowers in Watercolor