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Sebastian Aplin
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sebastianaplin
Jun 27, 20221 min read
Figure modelling
On Thursday we are going to look at how to model the human body in preparation for our life model sessions after that. We've looked at...
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sebastianaplin
Jun 21, 20221 min read
Preparing a mid tone painting surface.
This would be useful for next week, when we come to paint our model, as it speeds up the process of blocking in forms. You can prepare...
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sebastianaplin
Jun 15, 20221 min read
COAS postponement
I'm afraid I'm testing positive for covid at the moment and so won't be able to give tomorrow's class. You will get an e mail from coas...
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sebastianaplin
Jun 13, 20221 min read
Urban landscape
This Thursday we'll be painting the urban landscape that we can use to create a dramatic compositions. These examples by Ben Aronson...
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sebastianaplin
May 27, 20221 min read
Parks and gardens
The best place to be at this time of year! The combination of the regular man made structures and organic natural forms is fascinating...
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sebastianaplin
May 23, 20221 min read
Form and brushwork
Another approach to creating the illusion of form in painting is through brushwork. Here you can see how Pissarro, Van Gogh and Cezanne...
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sebastianaplin
May 17, 20221 min read
Modelling form
Often painters use terms like sculpting or modelling forms as if they were working on solid blocks of stone. The light falling on a...
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sebastianaplin
May 12, 20221 min read
Seeing is an imaginative act
Welcome to the COAS summer term painting course and hello to other blog followers and fellow painting nerds. We're kicking off with two...
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sebastianaplin
May 10, 20221 min read
Sketchbook
For the new term on the painting course at COAS I'm asking everybody to create and bring with them a sketchbook (I suggest A4) to support...
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sebastianaplin
Apr 28, 20221 min read
Resource material
I've been out looking for inspiration for the watercolour workshop and found plenty the other day around Waterloo Gardens. The problem...
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sebastianaplin
Apr 21, 20221 min read
Stretching watercolour paper
This will stop your paper cockling when wet, although some people don't mind a bit of undulation on the surface. 1. Leave your paper to...
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sebastianaplin
Apr 19, 20221 min read
Watercolour workshop
I'm running a watercolour workshop at Oriel Canfas on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th of May. For those of you that don't know it, it is...
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sebastianaplin
Apr 1, 20221 min read
Stop press...
Members of the group were saying that the course starting in May had already filled up. I've now been told that this is not the case, so...
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sebastianaplin
Apr 1, 20221 min read
Thank you
Thank you to the Monday and Thursday groups for accompanying me on this exploration of painting, I hope some of the fascination I have on...
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sebastianaplin
Mar 24, 20221 min read
Self portrait
Our last week of the current course and maybe the biggest challenge! We'll start off with a tonal sketch of ourselves and just...
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sebastianaplin
Mar 18, 20221 min read
Tonal figure painting
"Tonal painting" refers to a style of painting where small differences in hue and value (tone) are built up to create the illusion of...
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sebastianaplin
Mar 11, 20221 min read
The seated figure
Next week we're going to paint a seated figure step by step so that the figure we paint is integrated into the background. We'll be...
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sebastianaplin
Mar 4, 20221 min read
Abstraction
Next week we are going to explore how all painting is essentially abstract in that it relies on the contrast of colours and shapes, even...
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sebastianaplin
Feb 25, 20221 min read
Daffodils
Next week we are painting daffodils so please bring some in or any other plant/flowers you are able to get hold of. Daffodils have a very...
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sebastianaplin
Feb 22, 20221 min read
Foreground, middle ground and background
Since there is no power point presentation for this week's class (we did a paint along yesterday) I wanted to put up some images to show...
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