Plate to Palette - Abstract Art Inspired by Food and Flavour with Nicola Bennett is an online art course that connects food’s sensory world with abstract painting’s expressive possibilities.
Tap into personal food memories - like a grandmother’s hazelnut cake or a favourite holiday dish - and use these experiences to inspire your art practice. Through storytelling and recipe-inspired colour palettes, you will develop visually and emotionally rich compositions.
Once engaged with your memories, you will be ready to embark on a personal food and colour journey. Using food imagery, you’ll create unique palettes and paintings based on your favourite flavours - sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. This approach offers a new way to understand colour, though ‘eating with the eyes’ is nothing new - it’s why cookbooks captivate us!
Mark-making is another critical focus, introduced through playful drawing exercises like breaking the notion that drawing is only observational. These marks will become essential building blocks for later compositions. Along the way, you’ll explore primary and secondary colours, learn how to harmonize palettes and discover the elements needed to resolve a painting - such as a tone, value, and balance.
This course uniquely connects personal passions with creative expression, helping students develop a discerning eye and bring their work to life.
Join a worldwide community of students who come together in a private online forum and share their art, experiences and insights. Ask questions, bounce ideas, share knowledge and benefit from this course being your resource for life!
