I’ve got a question for you:

When you look at a flower arrangement, what do you see?

Petals and leaves… or shapes?

**Pink Blossoms in a Bottle**, 12x9" pastel

Look at this painting for a moment.

Yes, there are two pink peonies in a glass bottle. But step back and squint. Suddenly the petals disappear and you're left with something much simpler: two bold pink masses above a cool glass shape. Dark background, light tabletop, pink spheres.

That's the whole painting.

The marks are bold and free, the color is vibrant and expressive, but it all starts with those three simple shapes working together. Once you see the design hiding inside the subject, everything changes. You stop asking "how do I paint a peony?" and start asking "how do I want to arrange these shapes?"

That shift in thinking is where bold, confident still life painting begins.

And it works on any subject. Fruit, flowers, a simple cup on a table. When you train your eye to see shapes first, your compositions become stronger, your color decisions become clearer, and your marks become more purposeful and free.

This is exactly the kind of thinking we’ll bring to our still life painting during the free Still Life Workshop.

Save your seat now for the free Bold & Loose: 3 Keys to Painting Still Life in Pastel workshop and paint along with us. I think you’re going to love it.

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