Learn to Draw a Real Life Still LIfe
Learn how to create captivating still life artwork using various techniques and materials. This course is perfect for basic and intermediate artists looking to enhance their skills and add depth to their art practice. Discover the beauty in everyday objects and learn how to capture their essence through linework, colors, compositions, and contrast. Explore different approaches, from single-line drawings to bold graphic styles and mixed media. No matter what materials you have, this course offers options for everyone. Start telling the story of your surroundings through still life art today.
What you’ll learn
- How to identify a “real life” still life
- How to compose a still life
- How to draw a still life with a single line
- How to use loose, expressive watercolor to complete a simple still life
If you like to sketch from life, you probably draw street scenes, landscapes, people, and architecture—but do you ever stumble across a still life in real life?
It could be a vase and salt and pepper shakers on the table in a café, a produce stand at a farmer’s market, or an arrangement of pumpkins on your neighbor’s porch.
In this class, we’ll explore the kinds of still life subjects you encounter in real life, and learn how to make the most of:
· Interesting linework
· Vivid colors
· Dynamic compositions
· Strong contrast between shapes, colors, and values
In three sections, we’ll try three different approaches:
· First, we’ll draw a simple arrangement on a table in a restaurant, done with a single drawing pen and watercolor. We’ll take an unusual approach to this one—we’re going to draw the entire scene with just one line, never lifting our pen from the paper.
· Second, we’ll draw a produce stand using bold, black ink and a strong graphic style.
· Third, we’ll paint an arrangement of pumpkins on a neighbor’s porch in a lively mixed media style.
You’ll be able to explore a wide range of materials, including watercolor, gouache, ink, colored pencil, and marker. And if you don’t have all those supplies, don’t worry! I’m going to give you lots of options in each section so that you can work with whatever you have.
By the end of the class, I hope you’ll appreciate how rewarding it can be to add still life to your art practice to help tell the story of your everyday environment and the world around you.
Who this course is for:
- Basic and intermediate artists
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