Level: all

March 13 - May 1

Saturdays

11am - 1pm

8 weeks

Instructor: Rick Daskam

Instructor's website

Fee: $250

Still life as a subject has provided a platform for artists throughout the ages to explore their relationship with the world of objects that surround them.  As our world evolves, new products, artifacts and modern media continue to suggest new avenues for the stylistic development and reinvention of still life as a subject in art.  In this class, Rick will introduce students to the subject of still life through the works of the masters.  Matisse, PIcasso Morandi,  and Thiebaud among others will be explored, and used as inspiration for student work. Rick will begin each class with a discussion and a quick demonstration to prepare students for their own painting projects.   This class teaches students to interpret and relate color, and to  sharpen their ability to see and simplify still life subjects into masses of value and color. Appropriate for both oil and acrylic painters.

NOTE:  This class will be taught online using Zoom. Students are expected to be familiar with the app prior to the start of class.

Supply List

The easiest thing to buy is a pre-made paint box with paints and brushes included. You usually can buy a box of either oils or acrylics with an assortment of brushes, mediums and palette for about $100 through either Utrech or Artist Supply Warehouse. The boxes are made of wood and usually are around 16 x 20 inches and have a space for canvass boards and a palette.

Paints

  1. Large tube Titanium white
  2. Alizarin crimson
  3. Cadmium red light
  4. Cadmium yellow light
  5. Yellow ochre
  6. Raw umber
  7. Ultramarine blue
  8. Thalo Blue
  9. Thalo Green

Accessories

Sketch pad with 2b and 3b pencil

Vine charcoal

Canvasses 12 x 16 inch or 16 x 20 inch

Paper towels or cotton rags

For Oils

Odorless turpentine

Medium cups

For Acrylics

Plastic container for water

Paper palette

The best brushes I have found are Robert Simmons Signet filbert bristle brushes. They have beige handles with green tips. Buy a couple of each in varying sizes (#2, #4, #6).

About Rick Daskam:

Currently, Rick Daskam is co-president of the Hudson Valley Art Association. In 2004 he began entering Juried Art Exhibitions and Museum shows. Preferring to express his passion in Oil, Mr. Daskam’s works have garnered him numerous awards including the, The Collectors Award from the Butler Museum of American Art, the Claude Parsons Memorial Award for Landscape from the American Artists Professional League, and the Frank Vincent Dumond Award for Best Light and Atmospheric Effect from The Hudson Valley Art Association. In 2019, Rick was the  Artist of the Year on Monhegan Island with a solo show at the Island Inn.