Course Highlights
  • How to choose the right materials, their properties, and how to use them in oil painting
  • How to prepare a support – boards, stretching, and preparing canvas
  • How to layout your palette and mix complex colors
  • How to make your own oil paints from pure pigment
  • Pre-painting fundamentals
  • The secret to blending oil paint to create smooth transitions of value and color
  • How to create an underpainting
  • How to glaze color over an underpainting using the “Old Masters” technique
  • How to paint directly using observed colors
  • How to paint on a toned surface to create dramatic contrast
  • How to paint folded cloth
  • How to paint realistic clouds
  • How to paint a representational portrait
  • How to paint Alla Prima (Wet into Wet)
  • How to use a knife to create Impasto effects in a painting
  • How to paint as an Impressionist
  • How to approach a Non-Traditional painting (Non-Objective, Abstract)
  • The secrets to creating reflection and transparency with oils
Curriculum

4 Topics
Introduction
Materials - Part 1
Materials - Part 2
Pre-Painting Fundamentals

5 Topics
Blending Oil Paint
Underpainting
Indirect Painting
Direct Painting
Painting on a Toned Ground

9 Topics
Painting Cloth
Painting Clouds
Portrait Study From Life Part 1
Portrait Study From Life Part 2
Wet Into Wet
Still Life Painting with a Knife
Painting in the Impressionist Style
Non-Traditional Painting
Painting Transparency

1 Topic
Conclusion

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Oil Painting Master Series

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