Learn how to prepare your canvas and materials properly, so you start with confidence and avoid common beginner mistakes.

• Prepare and tone your canvas correctly, including edges and surface setup

• Set up your palette, mediums, and materials using clear, repeatable steps

A simple still life designed to introduce form, value, and light — the core building blocks of realistic painting.

• Learn form, value, and light through a guided still life using simple geometric shapes,

• Use provided tracings and reference guides to focus on understanding, not guesswork

Apply what you’ve learned to paint a calm, realistic still life while practising tonal control and colour mixing.

• Follow a structured, step-by-step painting process from underpainting through to final details

• Practise tonal control and colour mixing using provided references and guides