Painting the Still Life 

Judy Vilmain, Instructor

Dates:  Monday and Tuesday, October 16 & 17

Time 10 am – 4 pm

Portsmouth Arts Guild, 2679 East Main Road, Portsmouth

 

Tuition:

$195 Members

$225 Non-members

Materials List:

  • All your usual painting gear.
  • A variety of supports (canvases, boards or papers)  in different sizes and aspect ratios.
  • A viewfinder.
  • A hand mirror.
Judy Vilmain, "Abundance", Portsmouth Arts Guild
Judy Vilmain, Abundance

So much of the time we artists paint from photographs, whether it’s landscapes or cityscapes or portraits.  Setting up a still life from time to time gives you the very pleasurable experience of painting from life, and it keeps your drawing skills sharp.  

But you don’t want to paint another ordinary, boring still life.  In this workshop we will go over different types of still life paintings, and explore in detail what it takes to make your still life paintings more compelling:

    • How to find and choose objects to paint.

    • How to arrange objects into a good composition.

    • Different ways of lighting a setup.

    • Common mistakes in still life paintings.

    • How to arrange your studio for still life painting

This workshop is open to representational painters working in any medium.

About Judy Vilmain

Judy Vilmain is a Psychologist and painter living in Providence, Rhode Island, and is an Exhibiting Artist Member of the Providence Art Club.  Her work includes intimate outdoor scenes and still-life paintings.

With the objects I choose, and the way in which I paint them, I’m trying to present a world that feels familiar, solid, and grounded, hopefully providing the viewer a quiet break from the chaos.

Regardless of the subject matter, I’m always considering the formal aspects of a painting:  color, line, shape, and surface texture.  Using these, I work towards a level of realism that still shows the hand of the painter — I want the viewer to keep moving back and forth between “seeing” the three-dimensional objects and seeing the paint and brushstrokes that created the illusion.  That back and forth is what I find magical in a painting.

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