| Still-life painting as an independent genre or specialty first flourished in the Netherlands during the early 1600s. Ever since those Dutch Old Masters brought their oysters, grapes, olives, wine glasses and plates of creamy cheese to life, artists have taken major delight in rendering the familiar objects of daily life in magnificent still life compositions that transcend time and place.
In Carnation, Plums, Brass, master painter Jeff Legg demonstrates a tour-de-force of techniques for textures, form, light and shadow. Jeff is well known for his ability to capture the beauty of his skillfully arranged still-life setups and his knowledge and capability of keeping his audience informed as he paints is second to none. Another contemporary master of the Old World still life,
Sherrie McGraw teaches in her grand, spacious studio in Taos, New Mexico. Sherrie is an articulate and sharing instructor, as well as an accomplished painter, and her video, Still Life with Onions is a rare opportunity to see her complete an original composition in her own private working space outside the workshop venue. She offers the student of still life painting a wealth of ideas, concepts and direction for informing their own work, and shows how to paint, in her own words, "a little bit of something, and a lot of nothing" and create a stunning work of art.
In Mastering the Dramatic Still Life, internationally renowned artist C.W. Mundy in this oil painting workshop video as he demonstrates his techniques for creating a vibrant still life from start to finish.
Mundy shows how to make your artwork memorable and eye-catching with expert advice from arranging your subjects to ensuring each piece's overall harmony through C.W Mundy's 7 Foundational Truths: drawing, squinting, design, value, color, edges, and paint manipulation.
This art video will help you enhance your skills and your artwork as you learn how to add intrigue to your work and make pieces even more dramatic with tips on light effects, varying your brushwork, and adding what C.W. calls an alien factor. You will also learn how to create atmosphere and a dynamic sense of space in your still lifes that rivals any landscape painting. Save time and stay focused when painting with tips on premixing colors. And more! Express your vision with these essential techniques you'll use again and again!
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In Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, Vera Kavura can be found painting her favorite subject, flowers, which she describes as "natural, beautiful, and diverse."
Kavura began drawing as a child and over the years experimented with different techniques until, in 2016, she discovered painting with pastels. "The pastel medium allows me to work quickly and catch all the color nuances," she says. "A single photo cannot reflect the shine of a flower's petals; by painting a bouquet with pastel, I'm able to catch changes in the light and shadows, and even the movement of the petals."
Her approach to painting flowers is to start right away with color, versus sketching. She then adds details as she paints, a process that allows her to "be constantly in unity with nature."
If you feel with Kavura that flowers are nature's invitation to beauty and peace, explore her new video, Flowers of the Ukraine
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