Workshop with
TODD CASEY
THE DIRECT & INDIRECT APPROACHES TO STILL LIFE PAINTING
April 23, 2027 - April 25, 2027
daily
9 - 4pm
Location: Studio
Tuition: $550
(full payment required to register)
In this workshop students will learn the fundamentals of how to create a still life painting from direct observation. During the course of 4 sessions, each student will do a still life painting of their setup.
Some topics that will be discussed are composition, drawing, light, color theory, form, edges and how to work a narrative into your work. Materials will be discussed as needed (paints, brushes, and board/canvas).
Students are encouraged to bring objects that you will set up that you will paint. The instructor will give demonstrations/lectures for the mornings and the afternoons will be time for students to work on their own paintings. Feedback will be given individually to each student.
All levels and mediums welcome.
TODD CASEY:
Todd M. Casey is an artist, author and teacher who was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied drawing and painting at the Water Street Atelier with Jacob Collins and Camie Salaz. He also studied at The Art Students League with Max Ginsburg. Casey’s work touches on more than simplistic realism. His work is classically styled but progressive in approach.
Every painting has a tale to tell, brewed from a deep well of introspective thought.
He has authored the best-selling books The Art of Still Life and The Oil Painters’ Color Handbook through Monacelli / Phaidon Press. He is currently working on two more books due out in the Fall of ’26 and the Fall of ’27. He also periodically writes for the Artist’s Magazine and International Artist’s Magazine.
When not painting, writing, or illustrating, Casey teaches at the Lyme Academy of Fine Art, and through private online classes and workshops.