Still Life Oil Painting with Virgil Elliott
Thu, Apr 16
|Pike Road Arts Council
Study still life with Virgil Elliott, one of the only twenty-four artists worldwide with certification from the Portrait Society of America.
Time & Location
Apr 16, 2026, 10:00 AM – Apr 18, 2026, 5:00 PM
Pike Road Arts Council, 944 Wallahatchie Rd, Pike Rd, AL 36064, USA
About the Event
Join Virgil Elliot for Still Life Oil Painting the Old-Fashioned Way at the Pike Road Arts Council for this THREE-DAY workshop that will take place on April 16th - April 18th, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The deadline to register is April 2! Registration is required and costs $350/per participant. Participants are responsible for their own lunch and supplies for the class (*find a supply list below*), but light refreshments will be provided.
Participants will leave with an improved knowledge of oil painting methods and materials, as well as an intensive experience working from direct observation three-dimensional subjects. A link to the class supply list can be found below under the class description.
Mr. Elliott will share insight on how still life painting has traditionally served two main purposes for artists: to keep them busy in between more challenging projects, and to produce “potboilers,” i.e.,…