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Sebastian Aplin
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sebastianaplin
Feb 18, 20221 min read
Shoes
As you know we are painting a shoe/boot still life next week, so don't forget to bring in a pair! I've been looking at how figures...
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sebastianaplin
Feb 11, 20221 min read
Elephant practice
If you want to get some extra practice before our lessons you can try this one. The link is in the previous post. Try using Ultramarine...
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sebastianaplin
Feb 10, 20221 min read
Elephants
Next week we will be working from 3D modelling images taken from the Sketchfab website, such as this one. Here is the link, if you want...
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sebastianaplin
Feb 8, 20221 min read
More lemons
Don't worry, we're not painting more lemons next week! But for those who have yet to have this class we're going to concentrate on...
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sebastianaplin
Feb 3, 20221 min read
Lemons
Next week we will be looking at painting lemons, not original but very useful when looking at how colour changes in step with value. If...
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sebastianaplin
Jan 28, 20221 min read
Books
Next week we're looking at how light affects colour. We'll continue to practice using our holistic (right hemisphere) brain to look at...
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sebastianaplin
Jan 25, 20221 min read
Chairs
I'm looking forward to working with the Thursday painting group. I enjoyed looking at negative space with the Monday group. which...
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sebastianaplin
Jan 21, 20221 min read
What is the purpose of this blog?
This blog is to support your learning on your COAS painting course. Here you will find: Information on weekly course practice tasks...
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Dec 16, 20211 min read
Christmas Deer
Lots of potential with this - I think I'm rather fond of Viridian, too.
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Dec 16, 20211 min read
Fauve Trees
I really loved doing these - I'll have some more goes at this!
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sebastianaplin
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Yesterday's classes
I really enjoyed yesterday's classes as always and very much hope to keep in touch with you. I'll probably be using this blog to support...
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sebastianaplin
Dec 13, 20211 min read
Subject matter for Wednesday
My search for suitable fauve subject matter has been hijacked by Christmas lights! In a way this is more a return to pointillism but it...
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sebastianaplin
Dec 9, 20211 min read
Fauvism for Wednesday
Thinking about how to make Fauvism work in watercolour I came across these by Andre Derrain and Raul Dufy. Painting with expressive lines...
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sebastianaplin
Dec 9, 20211 min read
Yesterday's paintings
I hope David likes them...
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sebastianaplin
Dec 7, 20211 min read
Tomorrow's interiors
I've been thinking along the lines of interior colour schemes that interior designers would use but was finding it hard to find suitable...
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sebastianaplin
Dec 3, 20211 min read
Interior "Nabis" style
Well, you get the idea...
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sebastianaplin
Dec 3, 20211 min read
Wednesday 8th of December class
Moving on from the pointillistes (funny how Google chose a Seurat for its doodle yesterday!) we encounter the "Nabis" group of painters...
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sebastianaplin
Nov 30, 20211 min read
Tomorrow's subject matter
There's going to be a fair amount of colour theory tomorrow but these are the jpegs of what I'll be painting tomorrow am... and pm... I...
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sebastianaplin
Nov 26, 20211 min read
Homework for Wednesday
Some of the main ideas behind Impressionism were condensed into the "pointillist" technique of painters such as Seurat and Signac. The...
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