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Morning class, I’m Will Kemp and welcome to Market Day Peaches Acrylic Still Life, the third painting in my series of short courses. 

‘The Morning Paintings” are designed to be easy-to-follow single project courses. You can complete them in just a few 1hr painting sessions.

Each one follows the same approach:

• A single painting from start to finish.
• A limited colour palette.
• A handful of brushes.
• A small canvas.
• A simple subject.
• Taught over 4 x 45-minute lessons.

Simple Impressionistic Brushstrokes

I’ve started this series because sometimes you can find yourself overthinking the end result of a painting, and the pressure of having to make it a masterpiece or even arranging a still life can keep you from starting!

I recently came home from the local market with these amazing-tasting peaches and just dropped them in a bowl on the kitchen table, and they looked good enough to paint. The placement felt more casual, like a snapshot of everyday life, which inspired this painting.

In this third short course, I’ve taken all the principles of a traditional still life but kept the composition informal.

This subject has been expanded from the first simple modern still-life painting course of a jug and three pears; we’re now introducing folded fabric, adding glass, a vase of flowers and a bowl.

We’ll cover the preparation of your surface & drawing out, mixing colour strings and blocking in.

So although we are expanding our horizons a little bit, the course has been designed with simple learning blocks. Clear step-by-step instructions to keep you on track.

We’ll only use six colours, including white, and if you’ve been following some of my other courses, you will already have most, if not all, of the colours.

The focus of this piece is those beautiful colourful peaches, but I’ve designed the lessons so you approach them last.

We start with just two colours, looking at the subtle shifts between the cools and warms, building up the shadows and shapes so that when we get to the peaches, and you extend your palette, all of a sudden they’ll come together so real because you’ve spent the time doing all the supporting work up to that stage.

(The counterintuitive approach for this painting is to spend more time with the first stages to get our form and tones balanced.)

Release the Pressure of Perfection

So find a comfy seat, a strong cup of coffee or a pot of tea, and see what can be achieved in a 1-hour painting slot.

Gain confidence, and embrace the process of practice!

You could make a big step forward in the painting every day, and after three days or even over a weekend, I think you will be amazed at how far your image has progressed!

What’s in the Course?

• 1 x Market Day Peaches Still Life from start to finish, based in the studio working from a reference image.
• 4 x downloadable video lessons, split into separate chapters that follow sequentially. Step-by-step instructional videos so that you can follow along at your own pace.
• Each stage is a detailed yet easy-to-follow process.
• Lifetime access, downloadable on separate devices.
• One-time payment
• Downloadable jpeg reference images and reference line drawings.
• Printable Class materials list
• 2.5 hrs of detailed video instruction.

(You will need a printer or print shop for the reference image) 

This course is for you if..

• You would like a drawing guide and composition, so you can just get to work quickly.
• You work in acrylics but would also like to learn some classical oil techniques (by stealth!)
• You want to wow the local art group with your kick-ass painting skills
• You want to learn “over-the-shoulder” and see every brushstroke of the progress.
• You want a one-off payment course so that you can rewatch at your own pace and don’t want to pay a subscription.
• You love tea and biscuits

Here are some student success paintings from the course to inspire you!