The Still Life Painting Masterclass with renowned artist Jude Rae, is a unique and immersive weekend workshop for intermediate to advanced students who wish to expand their skills in still life painting. The intensive workshop is held in the painting studios of the NAS Darlinghurst campus. It offers an exceptional opportunity to study under the guidance of a highly accomplished painter with an extensive exhibition and teaching practice.

The genre of still life offers a cultural frame that supports both the traditions of realist painting and Abstraction. Painting a still life can be helpful as an intermediary in the development and maintenance of a sense of quiet attention. It provides a context in which to develop a twin focus: on the one hand, the simple perception of objects; and on the other how we might use the discipline of oil painting to respond to them.

Through personalised instruction, and hands-on practice Jude shares her insights and approaches to the development of a still life painting and encourages students to find their own individual answers to these questions, and create dynamic, engaging oil paintings.

* The course fee accommodates a limited class size, fostering a more personal learning experience.

* The course is for intermediate to advanced level students over the age of 18.

* Drawing and painting short courses may be held in upstairs studios. If access to stairs is not suitable, please contact us at [email protected]

* What to bring? Please refer to the list of required materials in the Art Materials field below.

Students must supply their own art materials, please refer to the list below.

Jude Rae’s basic palette comprises warm and cool variants of the three primaries plus green, a couple of earths, white and black (unless you prefer to mix your darks). This list is meant to be broadly suggestive of the range and hue of oil paints - if you avoid cadmium colours there are perfectly acceptable alternatives.

Oil Paints

• White - titanium
• Cool and warm yellow eg cadmium yellow deep and cadmium yellow light
• Yellow ochre
• Raw sienna
• Alizarin crimson - cool red
• Vermillion or Cadmium red light - warm red
• Burnt sienna
• Ultramarine blue
• Viridian - cool green
• Yellow-green - warm green
• Ivory black

Supports
Acrylic primed canvas or board, at least A3 but no larger than A1.

The primer can be white or an acrylic based underpainting (preferably an earth colour) can be applied beforehand. Golden fluid acrylic dries fast enough for this to be done in class and 118ml bottles are available at Parkers Art Supplies at NAS.

Additional items

• Odourless solvent plus container
• Paint rags
• Selection of brushes - hog hair, flat ferrule ranging in width from about 2cm,1.5cm, 1cm, 0.5cm
• Palette knife - flexible spatula type.
  

Protective clothing is advised and enclosed shoes are essential in all studios on campus.