Mediums: All (Ingrid will work in oils)
Level: All levels welcome
Class Dates: Tuesdays, April 7-28, 2026
Class Times:
• 10:00 am-1:00 pm Pacific Time
• 1:00 pm-4:00 pm Eastern Time
• 6:00 pm-9:00 pm UK Time
Contrast is what gives a painting its energy and staying power. Painters can work with contrasts of colour, temperature, value, form, pigment transparency, brushwork, detail and simplification, shape, scale, and edge variety… The options are nearly endless and learning to use them deliberately can transform the strength of your work.
In this online workshop, we’ll focus on one type of contrast each week, isolating it from the many competing decisions that every painting demands. By narrowing our attention, we can explore each contrast more deeply and push it further than we might otherwise dare.
Through structured exercises, you’ll test the limits of each contrast method and likely discover that those limits extend far beyond what you assumed.
The goal is to gain clarity about some of the vast number of practical tools that you can apply, with intention, to create more compelling paintings.
We’ll work from both still life and photographic references. You may choose photos from any genre you prefer. Ingrid will demonstrate using landscape and figurative references, alongside a weekly still life that anchors each session.
Only 1 left in stock
$425.00
Ingrid Christensen is an award winning painter and instructor who specializes in figurative and still life oil painting. Influenced by French and Russian Impressionism, her work is an exploration of light, color and dynamic mark making. A self-proclaimed “paint nerd”, Ingrid has written and featured in Winsor & Newton Masterclass videos, contributed articles to Artsy Magazine, and taught sold-out workshops in Canada and Mexico.
Ingrid lives in Calgary, Canada and has made her peace with snow.
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