Painting Made Clear Foundations of Oil Painting

A complete, step-by-step guide to building strong, lasting skills in oil painting from the ground up.
What you'll learn
Understand the essential materials and tools for oil painting and how to use them effectively.
Learn proper brush handling techniques for precision, control, and expressive strokes.
Master color mixing to create a wide range of tones and harmonies.
Develop skills to paint smooth gradients and clean transitions between colors.
Practice exercises to model form, volume, and light with confidence.
Complete a final painting project that integrates all techniques learned in the course
Requirements
No prior experience required - just the desire to learn and explore oil painting
Description
Painting Made Clear: Foundations of Oil Painting is designed to give you all the essential skills you need to paint with confidence, even if you've never touched a brush before. We begin with the true basics : understanding your materials, preparing your workspace, and mastering fundamental brush techniques - so you start with the right habits from day one. You'll learn how to choose and care for brushes, clean your tools properly, prepare a smooth background, blend colors seamlessly, create your own medium, respect the "fat over lean" rule, use Liquin, sign your work, and varnish it for long-term protection.From there, we'll explore color mastery. You'll study vocabulary and definitions, the science of drying times, how to mix primaries and complementary colors, adjust values, how to mix any color from a limited palette create black without using black paint, and mix natural beiges and browns.These skills are reinforced through a comprehensive series of targeted exercises: painting in bichrome to focus on value contrast, cutting out an amphora to practice precision, mastering sharp and soft edges, rendering an egg in black and white and color, painting a sphere and a white object, creating an upside-down coffee cup with a focus on form and color, achieving a blur effect, and painting drapery and a ribbon with realistic texture.The course culminates with a complete final project : painting an amphora and flower where you'll bring together every skill learned. By the end, you'll have a solid foundation, practical techniques, and the confidence to approach any oil painting subject with clarity and control.
Who this course is for
Beginners who want to start oil painting with clear, step-by-step guidance.
Hobbyists looking to strengthen their fundamentals and build lasting skills.
Artists from other mediums curious about exploring oil painting techniques.
Anyone who wants to understand the essentials of materials, color, and brushwork to create confident, expressive paintings.
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