Creating Old Master-Inspired Photo Art

Transform your photographs into painterly artwork using colour, texture and light.

Join Simon Childs for a practical online workshop showing you how to create atmospheric, Old Master-inspired photo art from your own images.

This is not a preset-pack demonstration or a one-click filter session.

You’ll learn how to use the colour language of the Old Masters — shadow, warmth, highlight, texture and restraint — to give your photographs more depth, mood and painterly harmony.

Inspired by artists such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, Leonardo, Caravaggio and Titian, this workshop will show you how to work with historic colour palettes in a modern creative editing workflow.

What you’ll learn

During the workshop, Simon will guide you through a clear, repeatable method for building a painterly Old Master-inspired finish.

You’ll learn how to:

• Use Old Master-inspired colour palettes in a modern editing workflow
• Create atmosphere through shadow, warmth and highlight control
• Apply texture overlays with subtlety and artistic control
• Use LUTs and swatches as creative starting points
• Avoid heavy, over-processed filter effects
• Build a painterly finish using a structured workflow
• Use one accent colour with restraint and intention
• Create images with more depth, mood and visual harmony

At the heart of the session is a simple five-colour workflow:

Shadow bias. Texture base. Highlight glow. Accent colour. Unifying neutral.

You’ll see how to use the darkest colour to shape the shadows, a mid-earth tone as the base for painterly texture, warm cream or flesh tones to lift the highlights, and one carefully chosen accent colour to bring the image to life without overpowering it.

Your ticket includes workshop resources

Every ticket includes access to the live online workshop, 7-day replay access, the Guide to the Colours of the Old Masters PDF, and a starter creative pack to use during the session.

The VIP Creative Pass includes the complete creative toolkit, with extended replay access, the Photoshop Guide PDF, full texture pack, full LUT collection and Photoshop / Adobe swatches.

Some supplied files, including Adobe swatches, are designed specifically for Photoshop / Adobe workflows. Textures and LUTs can be used more broadly where supported by your editing software.

Included with Early Bird and Standard

• Live workshop access
• 7-day replay access
• Guide to the Colours of the Old Masters PDF
• 5 starter textures
• 3 starter LUTs
• Basic swatch file

This gives you everything you need to follow the workshop and start applying the Old Master-inspired colour workflow to your own images.

Included with VIP Creative Pass

• Everything included with Early Bird and Standard
• Extended replay access for as long as the workshop remains hosted
• Photoshop Guide PDF
• Full texture pack
• Full LUT collection
• Photoshop / Adobe swatches

The VIP Creative Pass is designed for those who want the complete toolkit to keep working with the method after the live session.

The palettes and resources take creative inspiration from the colour worlds of major works including The Virgin of the Rocks, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Night Watch, Supper at Emmaus, Bacchus and Ariadne, Las Meninas, Venus and Mars, Claude Lorrain landscapes and more.

Together, they give you a practical starting point for creating painterly, atmospheric edits with more depth, mood and visual harmony.

Who this workshop is for

This workshop is ideal for:

• Photographers
• Photo artists
• Digital artists
• Photoshop users
• Creative editors
• Luminosity League members
• Anyone who enjoys painterly, textured or fine-art image treatments

You do not need to be an advanced Photoshop user. Basic editing confidence is enough.

This is for image-makers who want beautiful, creative results — and a clearer method for achieving them.

Event details

Date: Tuesday 30 June 2026
Time: 6.00pm UK time / 1.00pm Eastern / 10.00am Pacific
Platform: Zoom
Replay: 7-day replay included with Early Bird and Standard. Extended replay access included with VIP Creative Pass for as long as the workshop remains hosted.
Access: Public workshop
Software used in the demonstration: Photoshop and Luminar Neo

The demonstration will use Photoshop and Luminar Neo, but the core principles can also be applied in other layer-based editing software. Some resources are specific to Photoshop / Adobe workflows.

Workshop access details and resource links will be sent by email. The replay will be made available after the live session.

Tickets

Early Bird — Workshop + Starter Pack

$27

Available until Tuesday 23 June 2026 at 11.59pm UK time, unless the limited Early Bird allocation sells out first.

Includes:

• Live workshop access
• 7-day replay access
• Guide to the Colours of the Old Masters PDF
• 5 starter textures
• 3 starter LUTs
• Basic swatch file

Standard — Workshop + Starter Pack

$37

Includes:

• Live workshop access
• 7-day replay access
• Guide to the Colours of the Old Masters PDF
• 5 starter textures
• 3 starter LUTs
• Basic swatch file

VIP Creative Pass

$57

Includes:

• Live workshop access
• Extended replay access for as long as the workshop remains hosted
• Guide to the Colours of the Old Masters PDF
• Photoshop Guide PDF
• Full texture pack
• Full LUT collection
• Photoshop / Adobe swatches

Book your place

Join Simon on Tuesday 30 June 2026 and learn how to transform photographs into painterly, Old Master-inspired artwork using colour, texture and light.

Choose the Early Bird or Standard ticket for the live workshop and starter creative pack, or upgrade to the VIP Creative Pass for extended replay access and the full creative toolkit.

Book your place now.