I recently took a two-day online course with the School of Painting on Bonnard and The Electric Light, taught by Alice Mumford. My knowledge of Bonnard was scant and it was so interesting to learn about his paintings and techniques. The role of the electric light in his paintings obviously affected his palette and how each painting was depicted.
After an interesting extensive palette-mixing session, we embarked on sketching a copy of one of Bonnard’s paintings in oils:
The task for the second day was to undertake a still life that was set up in the St Ives studio. I rarely paint a still life now, so it was quite a treat for the senses, and great to explore oils in this way. I loved the way the tea towel came out! Here’s my painting:
I’ve actually cropped and submitted this painting as my contribution to this year’s Twitter Art Exhibit postcard exhibition and sale. You can find out more on my Exhibitions page.
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