Contemporary Still Life Painting Using Traditional Oil Painting Techniques by Tom Elliott
Day 1	Pencil and paper line drawing all day, preferably of a model. This is to check on drawing ability, and to get their eye in.
Day 2	Make card viewers. Each selects a subject for a board painting (no larger than 12 inches square). Eg: shell, cup and saucer, fruit etc provided - or a small object brought in by the student. Draw up on tracing paper. Talking about negative space. Under paint the panel in Burnt Sienna. Slide show of paintings: 1. illustrating the processes leading to an end result, using my paintings; 2. Inspirational famous old paintings and very recent ones.
Day 3	Transfer drawing to panel. Paint object in white, talking about how the grain of brushstrokes should anticipate ensuing layers, and introducing some texture. Paint background. Talking about wet-in-wet technique and how to use newspaper to print off excess colour.
Day 4	Draw additional information on tracing paper, eg intricate patterns, blue and white, icing. Apply colour to object, talking about the quality of edges. Introduction of shadows.
Day 5	Transfer tracing paper patterns to object, or continue with colouring. Textures become more apparent, talking about realising texture. Criticism session and assessment of achievements; talking about varnish and framing.