Michael Weller – Colour First (Recording)

Date recorded: Saturday, April 6, 2024

Level: All

Medium: All

Presentation Type: Demo

Michael Weller often starts with a color idea in his work. In this demo/paint-along of a small still life, Michael will share how he places patches of color first, before the lines, as a starting point for creating his bold, loose abstracted paintings.

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Michael Weller studied librarianship in Manchester and realised early on he didn’t want to be a librarian. Life-drawing cheered him up. Later he did a degree in Fine Art and studied portrait-painting at Lavender Hill Studios and drawing and painting with the New English Art Club. In 2015 he won the Le Clerc Fowle Medal for a group of outstanding paintings at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters’ annual exhibition, and the Winsor & Newton Award for a painting at the New English Art Club annual exhibition.

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