Painting Twilight in Oils

Oil / Landscape

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Learn how to capture twilight in oils, where fading light and the rich colour of the sea and the sky can naturally lead you into abstraction.

Recorded during the summer solstice, join us for a special few hours of painting with artist Tom Rickman. Tom will take you through his process of capturing the transient moment of dusk when the sun goes down on the lengthening day, when the fading light can for a moment amplify colours and the landscape starts to naturally lend itself to abstraction and intuition.

Our Studio Practice sessions provide practical in depth demos that can help motivate you by building confidence in materials and process.

Tom will be working from a film and you can work alongside him whilst being able to pause, rewind and watch again to finish your painting. Enjoy watching an artist work through a process live.

Tom will talk through all the different ways he gathers his ideas together. After selecting an image to work from he will demonstrate how to size up to draw on to canvas. Watch Tom set out his painting, create the composition and explore tone and colour palette. He will share with you his approach to following the rules of painting but also when to trust intuition. Learn about the practicalities of mixing colours, removing and repainting but also the challenges of being both critical and kind to yourself. Finally he will explore how to keep a painting fresh and not overwork and even keep it in state of flux.

What will I learn?


Learn the secret of creating lively and contemporary landscapes inspired by reality but not constrained by it.

Insights into how to take a rough sketch into a finished piece

Approaches to mixing your palette

Insight into how an artist decided when to stop, and when to decide a painting is finished.

Who would this course suit?

Anyone with an interest in art, and wanting to find out how to take a painting from first idea to finished piece.

How Does an online session work?

Once you have booked, we will send you a link to the recording which you can watch on demand, as often as you like for 60 days after purchase. You can watch this on a PC, laptop or tablet and if you have chromecast or miracast you could even cast to your SmartTV from your phone.

You will also be invited to join our Facebook Alumni group so you can share your discoveries with fellow students from around the world.

Painting Twilight in Oils

Oil / Landscape

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Taught by

Tom
Rickman

View Tom’s Work

The process of learning a practical discipline such as painting, can seem both daunting and frustrating. In the landscape and the studio I assess each individual student’s ability and use this as a starting point, trying to keep the teaching just beyond the curve of what they can and want to do. As much as teaching them the basics and certain techniques of oil painting, I wish to show them pointers and possible directions of development within their own work.

What our students say

I just really enjoyed the process. I felt encouraged to look more closely at colour.

Being in real time – had to crack on – which was a good discipline.

How can I be so well stricken in years and not have realised that the distinct violet band is the shadow of the earth…. Feel I now have a deeper understanding of twilight. I find it deeply reassuring that someone who produces such beautiful work has to struggle with it like the rest of us. Many thanks Tom!

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