Learn miniature painting from the best teacher in this art form, Roman Lappat

"This year I decided I really want to improve my skills in painting a miniature more realistically. After hearing from friends in Denver that Roman has an Atmospheric painting class and it’s very good I got excited since I travel every year back to Germany anyway.
Back in Germany I took the two day class with Roman and his private coaching was awesome. He taught me so much in those 2 days that a week later I’m still digesting all the knowledge. Mind blowing!!! Roman also made sure that I always feel at home during my days in his studio. He even cooked me some awesome lunch Top service ;)

We started with some cool paint mixing exercise. After that we painted a wolf in 2D by using just the primary colors. Considering I never painted with acrylics on a sheet of paper that went pretty well. After that we painting another Wolf this time in a certain atmosphere of my choosing what was a lot of fun too.
Then it was time to get going with my miniature. Drizzt Do’Urden himself. I gotta admit that I was kinda intimidated to paint a 54mm miniature. I never painted such a large scale mini before (maybe a space marine tank but this is not the same) but with Romans help it got easier by the hour. After two days of fun and good talk I surprised myself with finishing a piece of art that I didn’t know I was capable of doing. Thanks to Romans help and guidance during those two days I learnt a lot and had so much fun.
Now a few weeks later and after some reflection I promised myself.
“No longer will I be a slave to finished mixed paints and just follow standard recipes.” ;)

I never mixed paints much myself and was so surprised what is possible with just the paints red, blue and yellow plus black and white.
Another cool part of the class was that it made me better understand light and how it effects everything. It’s kind of crazy I see the world a little different now. I can see how the light influence materials and creates different atmospheres. I think the understanding of the important’s of light and how it influences everything brought me one step closer to develop a more realistic and believable painting style.
I really enjoyed that he taught me to be more open minded and experiment more with paints. He basically opened up a whole new universe of possibilities for me. I guess with art it’s sometimes like a journey that doesn’t have to be plant to a 100%.

Let go and see where the brush takes you

Thanks Roman"

- Christoph

Learn miniature painting from the best teacher in this art form, Roman Lappat