MEDIUM: OILS

SKILL LEVEL: ALL LEVELS

DURATION: 3 HOURS

In this 3-hour livestream, David will be demonstrating in Oils using his watercolour reference of Saint Abbs where David visited recently. We will share with you the full reference image that David will be working from. David explains, “This is a reasonably complex image, but I am going to simplify it in Oils for you. It won’t be a copy of this watercolour, it will be bravura, energetic and sparky - and I hope it will be confidence booster for you. It’s the perfect image for me to talk around. It will be blocks, shapes, triangles. It would be less effective if this image wasn’t so profound and exciting; you might start to find it less convincing if this wasn’t the case. It is a punchy subject which will allow me to use expressive brush work - The Brave and Bold treatment of Oils”.

David likes to transfer the fluidity of the watercolour medium to the solidity of oils. David likes to demonstrate in this way looking at the drawing, tonal values and structure and composition. “I will use the wet into wet washes from watercolour and show you how that transmits to oils. The blocky approach will glean some of the detail but keeping it lively and loose in a shorter time scale than the watercolour will take. This is a carefully constructed piece within which I think you need a particularly successful compositional value. We will look at composition, colour and tone, there’s so much to explore and enjoy.”.

This video will be available to re-watch at your leisure until 2nd December 2025.

Photo reference: We will email you the reference image with your purchase. If you need us to re-send this to you, please contact us.

Materials list: We will email you David’s materials list with your purchase. If you need us to re-send this to you, please contact us.

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More about David Curtis;

David Curtis is one of the UK’s best-known painters, with a number of prestigious art awards. His work is widely exhibited and is also published as fine-art cards and prints. He is the author of the bestselling Light and Mood in Watercolours and Capturing the Moment in Oils.

Essentially a ‘plein air’ and figurative painter, working in both oils and waterclours, he observes transient lighting conditions and effects of atmosphere in his compositions.  David is the author of ‘A Light Touch, the Landscape in Oils’ and ‘The Landscape in Watercolour – A Personal View’ both published by David & Charles.  Two APV films of the same titles are on video format and form part of a television series. A third APV video ‘Light Effects in Watercolour’ was released in October ’97, and a fourth film – ‘Light in the Landscape’ was released in November 2003. David is also featured on a TV series – Connecticut Coast to Coast, USA ’96 broadcasting.  A third book and a fifth film, both entitled ‘Light and Mood in Watercolour’ were published by Pavilion Books and APV Films respectively during 2005.  A fourth book ‘Capture the Moment in Oils’ was published in 2007, with a film of the same title by APV Films.  A fifth book on both oils and watercolours and seventh film by APV Films, both titled ‘Painting with Impact’, were produced in 2010.  A sixth book and eighth film, both on ‘plein air’ works in oils and watercolours, entitled ‘Painting on Location’ from Pavilion Books and APV Films were produced in 2013.

To learn more about David click here.

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