Does this sound familiar?

Getting lost in detail leads to overworking!

  • You get bogged down in details too soon and lose the "big picture"

  • The more you work, the more the painting runs away from you

  • You know you try to get to a finished painting too soon, but it's hard to slow down and take the time it needs!

What if it was more like this?

  • Being able to see differently and simplify a complex subject down to a few shapes of light and shadow

  • Absolutely nailing those shapes early on, taking the time to get them right

  • Having practice exercises to help you learn to reduce the visual overwhelm and focus on what matters

  • Using this way of seeing to develop your sense of composition

  • Learning how to use the minimum detail to have the painting work and knowing when to stop!

What You'll Learn

  • CHANGED PERCEPTION

    Learn to see past the detail and simplify "things" into shapes of light and shadow

  • COMPOSE WITH SHAPE AND COLOUR

    Find different, more harmonious compositions based on patterns of big shapes and visual balance

  • STOP OVERWORKING

    Discover how little detail you need to make a painting work, once the big shapes are right

  • DEVELOP the BLOCK IN

    Move past the block in toward a finished piece in an intuitive and controlled way

by Roxy Nadan

A Wonderful Experience

by Roxy Nadan

"I enjoyed your course and learned so much from you! Your patien, calm, supportive, warm and friendly spirit made this workshop a wonderful experience"

What's Included

The Painter's Perception Workshop includes six paint-along video sessions of over two hours each, two beautiful subjects to paint and practice exercises to help you develop core skills.

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Course curriculum

  • 1
    Welcome to the course!
    • Welcome to the Workshop
    • How to use this course
    • Why This Matters SO Much!
    • Materials List
    • Mixing a Five Step Munsell Value Scale
    • Edge handling and softening exercise
  • 2
    Session One - Introduction to seeing shapes, not things
  • 3
    Exercise One - Seeing Simplified Shapes in Value
  • 4
    Session Two - Simplifying Further, in Colour
  • 5
    Session Three - Refining Shape, Colour and Edges to Create From
  • 6
    Session Four - Putting it all into practice in a flower painting block in
  • 7
    Session Five - developing the blocking and rounding out the forms
  • 8
    Session Six - finishing with the right amount of detail, just where it's needed
  • 9
    Exercise Two - Abstract Shapes to a Full Still Life Set Up in Value
  • 10
    More Reference Photos for Practice Exercise Two

Got a question?

How long do I have Access to the workshop? Forever! Once you've bought a course or workshop with me, you have lifetime access to the materials so you can learn at your own pace

What medium will be using? Oils on Ampersand gesobord panels (or a surface of your choice) with a medium of linseed oil and a solvent

What happens when I sign up? Do I get access to everything? Yes! As soon as you've bought the course, you have immediate access to all the videos, reference photos and exercises included as part of the workshop

Is this a Munsell course? Yes. All my workshops include Munsell to some degree, so it will be a good idea for you to have a copy of the Munsell Student Colour set (6th edition or later). You can do the workshop with only the Munsell value scale though ($10 from Ebay) since I include mixing videos. The Paul Centore Munsell book is good too. There's a full breakdown of advice on this in the materials list

What about lighting? If you can work in natural light that will be best. But I also give advice on artificial lights if you can't

Can I get feedback on my work? You will also get access to my online private community and can post there. I do try to give feedback on posted work when I can, but can't reply to every post and it's not included as part of the workshop