THE BENEFITS
For this challenge, especially in these difficult times, I wanted to find a subject that was readily accessible to all of us: eggs.
During this task you will learn selection, cropping with a viewfinder, preliminary sketches to aid composition, controlling edges, building form through values, and the order of work to completion.
THE PROCESS
From hope, purity and fertility, to the broken dreams of a cracked shell, there is a lot of meaning to be found in a humble egg.
For this challenge, choose a concept and apply it to a simple subject, taking into account the symbolism or some of the great adjectives around eggs: cracked, smashed, fractured, scrambled and so on. Consider giving your piece a title before you begin that will keep your initial idea to the fore.
In my demo, I decided to paint a solitary complete egg, alongside a cracked shell and a raw double yolk. I added further colours and textures with the inclusion of the egg box (purple, a complimentary to the yellow yolks) and a patterned plate (blue, a near complimentary to the orange-ish eggshell).
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Still life IN 3 HOURS
Former BP Portrait Award runner-up FELICIA FORTE guides you through a simple, structured approach to painting alla prima that tackles dark, average and light colours in turn
Movement in composition
Through an analysis of three masterworks, landscape painter and noted author MITCHELL ALBALA shows how you can animate landscape composition with movement
Shane Berkery
The Irish-Japanese artist talks to REBECCA BRADBURY about the innovative concepts and original colour combinations he brings to his figurative oil paintings from his Dublin garden studio
The Working Artist
Something old, something new... Our columnist LAURA BOSWELL has expert advice for balancing fresh ideas with completing half-finished work
Washes AND GLAZES
Art Academy’s ROB PEPPER introduces an in-depth guide to incorporating various techniques into your next masterpiece. Artwork by STAN MILLER, CHRIS ROBINSON and MICHELE ILLING
Hands
LAURA SMITH continues her new four-part series, which encourages you to draw elements of old master paintings, and this month’s focus is on capturing hands
Vincent van Gogh
To celebrate The Courtauld’s forthcoming landmark display of the troubled Dutch master’s self-portraits, STEVE PILL looks at the stories behind 10 of the most dramatic works on display
BRING THE drama
Join international watercolour maestro ALVARO CASTAGNET in London’s West End to paint a dramatic street scene
Serena Rowe
The Scottish painter tells STEVE PILL why time is precious, why emotional responses to colour are useful, and how she finds focus every day with the help of her studio wall
Bill Jacklin
Chatting over Zoom as he recovers from appendicitis, the Royal Academician tells STEVE PILL about classic scrapes in New York and his recent experiments with illustration
