Liz Seward
During the course of a long career teaching painting and drawing I have spent a lot of time persuading students that the subject of still life can be as exciting as any other, with considerable advantages over many of them. It doesn’t move, the light source is usually constant, it can be as colourful as desired – or not, and it is personal to you and can have a story to tell. In addition, it will teach you all you need to know about drawing shapes, perspective, texture and composition– what’s not to like?
Banish the block