An inspiring and vibrant still life oil painting weekend with Serena Rowe.

2 days with lunch

10am - 4pm

‘One minute in the life of the world is going by. Paint it as it is.’

Vincent Van Gogh

A still life painting can express desire, heartbreak, grief, joy, fear, banality.

Approached in the right way our paintings can become portals for us to express our energy and emotions.

During this workshop, we will paint a surprising and interesting range of subjects from a plate of half eaten fried eggs to a bunch of joyful spring flowers to a beloved collection of shells.

We will look at artists such as Cedric Morris, Monet, Joan Mitchell, van Gogh, Cezanne, Manet and many more, for guidance and inspiration.

After the weekend, you will have expanded your painterly language, revitalised your mark-making, and gained confidence.

You will leave with a head full of ideas and visual inspiration and an armful of paintings and drawings.

Serena is an approachable and encouraging tutor.

She has a wealth of technical knowledge and experience from over three decades of painting with oils.

It is Serena’s hope that you will begin to cease merely describing things in paint but begin to express them.

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DAY 1

During the first morning, we will do drawing exercises to help to warm up the eye, hand and heart! 

Serena will then do a colour mixing demo on her traditional wooden palette and she will show you how she approaches her still life paintings in a painting demo. 

In the afternoon everyone will then move onto work on a small painting.

DAY 2

On the second day, after our drawing exercises, we will start a larger painting and work on that throughout the day, using everything we have learnt and talked about from the day before.

You will leave the two day workshop with 2 or more paintings, plenty of drawings and a head full of inspiration!

A materials list and further information will be provided well ahead of your course. Please note: This course wouldn’t suit absolute beginners in oil paint, although if you paint in acrylics or watercolour and want to make a switch to oil that will be fine.

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Serena trained at the Chelsea School of Art, Florence Academy of Art and at the Royal Drawing School. Her work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, ING Discerning Eye, New English Art Club, among others and can be found in many private art collections.

Serena is an encouraging and approachable teacher with a wealth of knowledge who works hard to help her students get the very best out of themselves.