Continue your artistic journey with Sam Paonessa in this focused three-week course (one exercise), building upon your existing painting and drawing skills. This module is designed to help you investigate a more diverse range of compositions and explore colour relationships, pushing the boundaries of your visual vocabulary. We will refine your understanding of light and shadow, enabling you to create compelling forms and textures with confidence and nuance. Through engaging demonstrations and tailored critiques, you will be guided in developing a more intuitive and gestural approach to representing the world around you.

This course emphasizes cultivating a unique artistic voice, encouraging you to interpret still life subjects with a personal expression rather than mere replication. You will learn to perceive and translate the inherent beauty and character of objects, transforming them into dynamic and evocative painted narratives. Prepare to elevate your observational skills and enrich your still life practice.

Prepare Your Journey: While Expressive Observation can be taken as a standalone course, we highly recommend Expressive Horizons: Essentials in Landscape Painting as a Part I. Taught by Sam Paonessa, this course provides an excellent foundational experience that can significantly enrich your learning in Expressive Observation. To learn more and enrol, click here.

• Construct more intricate and dynamic still life compositions.
• Analyze and apply advanced colour relationships to enhance form and atmosphere.
• Refine techniques for rendering light, shadow, and texture with greater precision.
• Develop a more personal and expressive approach to observational painting.
• Cultivate a deeper understanding of narrative potential within still life subjects.