Painting Loose on a Strong Foundation: Still Life | Bairbre Duggan
Dates: Tuesday 4th - Friday 7th August 2026
Times: 10am - 4pm
Location: Enniskerry
Skill Level: Basic understanding of working with oil paint required
Please see detailed workshop information below
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aBOUT THE WORKSHOP
It’s not what you paint, but how you paint it that matters!
This 4 day course will focus on building a strong design foundation for your paintings, colour mixing theory and ways to loosen up your painting.
Using still life as our learning subject, the week will incorporate an initial talk about Notan and using value as a compositional device, short painting demonstrations, still life set up demonstrations and colour mixing practice.
For who?
This course is designed for painters who have a basic understanding of tonal value, colour and working with oil paint. It is primarily designed for people who feel their work is “too tight” or who feel they get distracted by detail. While a detailed approach in painting is not a bad thing, many painters get frustrated at getting sucked into too much detail and would like to loosen up. Others often fall into the trap that “loose” painting means “fast” or “intuitive” painting and then get frustrated at the result. If this is you, this workshop could help!
Participants will work on a small to medium scale, making studies and more finished work as the week progresses.
Participants will be required to bring still life objects with them to the course.
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· Strenghtening your compositional skills, using value studies and the principle of Notan
· Colour mixing theory and exercises
· Simplifying your subject and how you see
· Small painting exercises and approaches to help you to paint more openly and looser.
· Applying these skills to making your own simple still life
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Participants will be required to bring their own flowers and vases.
Comprehensive painting material required is sent to you in your confirmation email
“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.”
