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How to create a Vermeer painting

How to create a still life painting like Pieter Claesz

From the series Inspired by

Pieter Claesz (1597-1661) was a Dutch still life painter.

Thanks for the lesson about creating a still life painting, Lisa Wiersma!

Reference: Still Life with a Turkey Pie, Pieter Claesz

Material list:

  • Panel (mdf)
  • Primed and with a coloured ground (ochre)
  • Brushes
  • Water
  • Water mixable oil paint
  • Paper towel
  • Pallet

Colors:

  • Zinc white

  • Pale / bright yellow

  • Yellow Ochre

  • Ultramarine

  • Vermillion

  • Lake red

  • Raw umber

  • Bone black