Complex Oil Still Life on Canvas: From Sketch to Masterpiece

Complex Oil Still Life on Canvas: From Sketch to Masterpiece

Learning to create a complex still life with oil paints, focusing on composition, color, textures, and light-shadow relationships.

  • Number of Lessons: 3

  • Duration: 5 hours

  • Price: 2999грн 1599грн

  • Language: ukrainian

  • This course is designed for artists who want to master the technique of creating complex still lifes with oil paints. You will learn how to build a harmonious composition, work convincingly with color, light, and shadow, convey textures, and achieve a realistic effect. Throughout the course, you will go through all stages of the process step by step—from finding the composition and creating a sketch to the final touches on the painting. The course will help you expand your artistic skills and create a professional-level still life.

principles of arranging paints by color on the palette and essential information about the necessary oil paints, brushes, and other materials; you will gain the necessary knowledge about organizing the workspace on the palette and the quality of materials in the process of their practical application.

searching for a harmonious structure of the still life, composition angles, planning dominant objects and color spots, details; you will acquire the necessary knowledge and skills for building a composition, working with balance, harmony, and accents in a still life, and learn to correctly identify the main and secondary elements in the formal arrangement of objects.

(Italian: imprimatura — the first layer of paint) – the first preparatory layer of paint in the process of drawing with color on the canvas, which sometimes influences the overall color tone of the artwork; you will learn to confidently start creative work with oil paints on canvas, feeling the plasticity and harmony of the underpainting.

initial work on color spots (of objects) in generalized forms; you will learn to start painting the still life with broad strokes over the underpainting, considering the general (without detailing) tonalities of color spots, and to build the depth of the still life with color, taking into account aerial perspective.

detailing forms, distributing light and shadow to create realistic depth in the composition, conveying the texture of various objects; you will learn to model the forms of objects and their textures with oil paints, considering light and shadow.

detailing and textures, emphasizing volume and realism, and essential generalization to avoid fragmentation of forms; you will gain the necessary knowledge and learn to effectively complete a painting.

leveling various layers of color after the paint drying process for harmonious perception of the painting surface, the facade of the artwork; you will receive essential information about the properties of different varnishes to enhance the visual qualities of the painting.

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Practical Exercises

Each lesson includes practical projects to develop your skills.

Community Support

Join an active community of artists and receive feedback.

Certificate of Completion

Receive a certificate after successfully completing the course.