The Pop Art Still Life
local workshop | Available
In this class you will be shown the design techniques and approach to photography to create a new and contemporary still life. You will learn what makes a good still life, and how to create Pop Art in your design. Mr. Schieffer will be teaching some of his painting methods that he has found essential over the years. Covered topics will include board surface prep, drawing techniques and materials, importance of values and color, designing a still life and composing with light, and painting techniques. www.johnschieffer.com
Supply list-
Small/medium Gray gessoed panels to paint on will be supplied but if the student wishes to use a different painting surface they can bring their own. I will prepare the boards ahead of time and brief demo on how I gesso.
Ipad or equivalent - the camera on this device will be fine. An additional digital camera or phone camera is also good, but the ipad is used to paint from.
Required-
9h pencil
White charcoal pencil
Eraser
Ruler
Oil paint needed:
Alizarin Crimson
Red (medium)
Cadmium Red light
Cadmium yellow medium or deep
Cadmium yellow pale
Cerulean blue
Colbalt blue
Ultramarine blue
Thalo Green
Ivory or Mars black
Titanium white
…other paint can be added to this simplified palette.
Palette- disposable, wood, safety glass, whatever you are comfortable with.
assorment of small round brushes for detail work but nothing smaller than a size #1 is needed.
One Script liner or letter brush
and medium sized brushes round or flat for covering larger areas. A soft fan brush to eliminate brush strokes.
John Schieffer
Objective
To create thought provoking art that is both pleasing to the eye and the mind.
Why do artists create the things they do? Not too many ask why an artist paints a landscape or flowers or a beautiful person. Clearly, everyone sees beauty in different things or circumstances. But an artist sees it where others might not, even in the most mundane. For my own work I often choose to paint those things that I think should be given a second glance, ordinary things that come alive when you shine a light on them. Each painting has its own life and meaning. That meaning for the artist is not going to be the same for the viewer as we are all different. How I feel about a painting I have created changes over time, but the reason I started it remains always the same - to make something beautiful and express strong emotional content, to share with others the way I see the world and objects of life. Finding the meaning of each piece of art is a journey into the artist’s soul not easily put into words, but that is why I am a painter and not a writer.
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