#paintingpractice

Drugie spotkanie kursu "Podstawy malarstwa" już za nami!

Tym razem pracowaliśmy w ograniczonej palecie, a zadanie polegało na wykonaniu monochromatycznej martwej natury. Zamiast koloru najważniejsze stało się światło i cień, czyli to, co buduje formę i przestrzeń w obrazie.

Uczestnicy mierzyli się z malowaniem jednego motywu przy użyciu tylko jednego koloru i bieli, ucząc się dostrzegać subtelne przejścia tonalne oraz zależności między światłem a cieniem. Było to ćwiczenie wymagające, ale też bardzo rozwijające – pokazujące, że obraz może "działać" nawet bez koloru, opierając się wyłącznie na walorze.

This painting course is created for small groups and individual sessions, offering a space to slow down, observe, and explore the language of painting. Each participant works at their own pace, with personal guidance throughout the process.

We focus on color, composition, and material exploration – moving from simple exercises and observation to more intuitive, expressive, and process-based approaches. Painting becomes not only a skill, but a way of seeing and experiencing.

Open to all levels and age groups, the course welcomes both beginners and those who want to deepen their artistic practice. It’s a space for experimentation, attention, and creative freedom.

First meeting of my "Painting Foundations" course is behind us.

I’m running the course as part of the activities of the Student Research Club of Visual, Performing and Multimedia Arts, which I supervise. During our first session we focused on the foundations of painting – color and the relationships between colors. Participants worked with a limited palette, learning how to mix pigments and observe how color changes in relation to light and other hues.

First meeting of the “Painting Foundations” course is behind us

During the session we focused on what painting often begins with - color and the relationships between colors. Participants worked with a limited palette, learning how to mix pigments and observe how color changes depending on light and the presence of other hues.

The first exercises were about getting familiar with the material itself and discovering how many tones can emerge from just a few colors. In the second part of the class we moved to simple still life painting, using color as a way of observing rather than simply copying reality.

▶"Into the fires of battle! Unto the anvil of war!" 🔥

This post will kind of serve as a reference point of my art journey -

The improvement over 4 years as well as the certainty that there is still room to grow

From left to right:

- The reference „girl with a pearl earring“ Johannes Vermeer

- My version from 2025

I realize that I rarely post some of my non digital art here on tumblr. I still regularily paint on paper instead of a screen. I just never post those works since they are heavily derivative of other art pieces / photographs. I always try to credit but since I find most of my references on pinterest it is often difficult to find the original source. This is the case here as well. However, I feel like the painting itself is enough of my own that I can post this without problem. The inspiration/ reference is the photograph next to it, even though I couldn‘t find the photographer. The style is of course heavily inspired by Claude Monet.

Medium: Guache

Honey Bee