Heyo! Seats are officially open for my 5-week workshop on painting light and value from imagination.
10% off until Dec 31 and starts Jan 24th
Have you been doing value studies but still feel like a bit of a copy machine? And you can't quite crack the code to invent your own lighting?
I get it. That was me for years.I was: • guessing my way through shading • stuck trying to copying reference exactly • No idea how to fix my paintings when things looked “off”
This is the workshop I wish I had.
We'll walk through a reliable, repeatable framework for understanding what light is actually doing, so you can invent it confidently, not just memorise tricks.
Two cohorts: 🇪🇺 Better for Europe: Saturdays @ 9AM CET 🇺🇸 Better for US: Saturdays @ 4PM PST
Seat options: • Workshop Seat (12 available) – live lessons, assignments, critiques • 1-on-1 Seat (3 available) – includes 3 X 1 hour calls • Sit-In Seat (unlimited) – Live lessons, no interaction/feedback
All seats include access to the private Discord.
Workshop & 1-on-1 seats get lifetime access and the ability to shape the (currently in development) Graymatter On-Demand Course.
Start 2026 off strong with 5 weeks to finally understand light, value, and form so you never have to copy references blindly again.
Ben Eblen
Heyo! Seats are officially open for my 5-week workshop on painting light and value from imagination.
10% off until Dec 31 and starts Jan 24th
Have you been doing value studies but still feel like a bit of a copy machine? And you can't quite crack the code to invent your own lighting?
I get it. That was me for years.I was:
• guessing my way through shading
• stuck trying to copying reference exactly
• No idea how to fix my paintings when things looked “off”
This is the workshop I wish I had.
We'll walk through a reliable, repeatable framework for understanding what light is actually doing, so you can invent it confidently, not just memorise tricks.
Two cohorts:
🇪🇺 Better for Europe: Saturdays @ 9AM CET
🇺🇸 Better for US: Saturdays @ 4PM PST
Seat options:
• Workshop Seat (12 available) – live lessons, assignments, critiques
• 1-on-1 Seat (3 available) – includes 3 X 1 hour calls
• Sit-In Seat (unlimited) – Live lessons, no interaction/feedback
All seats include access to the private Discord.
Workshop & 1-on-1 seats get lifetime access and the ability to shape the (currently in development) Graymatter On-Demand Course.
Start 2026 off strong with 5 weeks to finally understand light, value, and form so you never have to copy references blindly again.
👉 Reserve your seat www.beneblen.com/courses/graymatter-live
Can't wait to get nerdy about light and value with you 🕺
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