Oil Painting from Paris

Service Description

Study how to paint a landscape from your studio under the guidance of professional painter Nicolas Sage. You will learn to use a photo-reference as a base for painting, without slavishly copying from it. He will demonstrate value and composition studies in pencil, how to organize your palette, and mix your tones as well as painting with accurate proportions. Students will be given the same photo-reference as the tutor, so everyone can draw and paint along. The beginning of the session will be spent drawing and understanding the composition and values (light & dark) in the picture. Then you will start painting, focusing in putting in the main elements first and being careful about size and proportions. All along Nicolas will be providing advice on how to measure your drawing, mix and apply your paint. He will of course answer any questions and provide tuition. At the end of the workshop, students will be asked to finish the painting on their own, so they can apply what they learn. Then individual critique and advice will be given when they send their final image via e-mail, focusing on their particular needs and strong points. Students will leave with a better understanding of composition, values, color and proportions. They will have a sharper idea on how to work from their own photographs and sketches in the future, gathered maybe from trips and vacation, so they can produce a finished picture based on their memories and these tools. Nicolas Sage is a French painter and architect. Parisian born, he lived in France and abroad before settling back in Paris 10 years ago. He received a Civil Engineering degree in 2009 and a About the teacher :Nicolas Sage is a French painter and architect. Parisian born, he lived in France and abroad before settling back in Paris 10 years ago. He received a Civil Engineering degree in 2009 and a diploma from the Paris-Belleville School of Architecture in 2016, where he learned architecture, drawing and painting. He briefly studied at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy and with Antonio López García in Paris. He now paints full-time, working with a gallery and teaching art, both in his studio and his former school of architecture. His work is focused on the representation of space, from urban sketching to landscape painting. He was finalist at the Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2018 and awarded the 2016 Drawing Prize from the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Works of his are shown in Paris, London and Venice.

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