Flowers and Fruit.
Students will learn how to compose and set up a tabletop still-life arrangement, using fruit, flowers and crockery arranged in a naturalistic setting. They will then spend the remainder of the course painting their set up from life, practising drawing, composition, colour, tone and paint application. We will use as inspiration some tabletop works from Bonnard and Vuillard. Stacey will demonstrate alongside students, as well as offer individual critique and guidance throughout. Students are welcome to bring favourite plates, bowls, cups, cuttings from the garden, etc to work from to supplement the supplied objects. The course will be taught in oils and students should come to the course with some experience of using oils.

Students will be working on canvases with a minimum size of 50 x 70cm.

Materials list:
Oil tubes
Large tubes (150 or 200ml) of either Pebeo XL, Sennelier Rive Gauche or Spectrum brand oil paints in the following colours.

- Ultramarine Blue
- Burnt Umber
- Titanium White
- Yellow Ochre

Small tubes (40ml)
- Cadmium red (or cadmium red alternative)
- Cadmium yellow (or cadmium yellow alternative)

Brushes

Filbert shape hog hair brushes, sizes 2,4,6,8 x 2 (Pro-Arte or Series 47 Rosemary and Co are both good) (These must be long-handled oil brushes)
One small round brush of size 0 for fine detail
One large flat 2 inch bristle brush for laying in ground colour.

Medium

Zest It, either citrus or citrus free versions. 500ml or larger. This is a non-toxic alternative to turpentine. This is the only medium permitted in the classroom.

Surfaces

A canvas with a minimum size of 50 x 70 cm.

Other

Large palette knife (RGM brand or similar)

30 x 40cm wooden palette or 30 x 40cm grey disposable palette (New Wave brand). Please no small white disposable palettes.

Jam jar with lid for Zest It.

A small jar of linseed oil (50 or 100ml) (optional but very nice to learn to use)

Good quality paper towel or fabric rags.

Collection of pieces as per course description.