A Modern Guide to Essential Concepts and Techniques

Dynamic Still Life for Artists takes a modern approach to a classic genre of drawing and painting, a “gateway” genre that’s accessible to beginners and offers more experienced artists a way to show their skill at depicting a variety of light and surface effects.

In Dynamic Still Life for Artists, noted artist and instructor Sarah Sedwick presents detailed, step-by-step instruction and insights on the many creative possibilities that drawing and painting still lifes can offer.

• Develop observational skills by setting up and assessing various arrangements, groupings, and formats.
• Evaluate an arrangement’s abstract shapes by creating black-and-white value studies.
• Learn the process of alla prima painting, from underpainting to color mixing to applying color.

Featuring inspiring examples by other distinguished artists working in a variety of mediums, DynamicStill Life for Artists will encourage all artists, from aspiring to accomplished, to explore this timeless genre through new arrangements, styles, and visual studies, empowering them to develop and expand their creative and technical skills.

The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art.