Have you ever had the desire to paint but had no idea how to start?
This Beginners Course takes you right back to the basic fundamentals of painting. The lessons are all highly informative, clearly presented and structured for you to watch, learn and then do. No prior experience needed at all, using either Oil or Acrylic Paint, you will learn about Colour Theory, the magic of mixing all the colours using a limited palette. You will discover how to achieve volume and dimension in your painting, the wonderful technique of Glazing, Alla Prima Painting and then at the end of the course, I show you how you can make a painting using tools other than a brush. This course will give you the confidence you need to then go on further to develop your own paintings. You can stop, pause, rewind and repeat while you are working through your exercises in your own home.
How it works
In 3 easy steps
1
SIGN UP &
CHOOSE A COURSE
2
WATCH. LEARN & PAINT WITH FIVE FUN FILLED LESSONS
3
PAINT WITH CONFIDENCE, PAINT LIKE A PRO!
WHAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE
BEGINNERS COURSE?
LESSON ONE
COLOUR THEORY
Length: 51 min
An Introduction to oil paints, brushes and mediums.
Discuss The Colour Wheel. Begin mixing exercises using both the cool and warm Primary Colours. Explore mixing the Tertiary colours, for example, I will show you that you can make all your browns and greys and earthy colours by just using the 3 Primary Colours. I will set some mixing exercises for you.
LESSOn TWO
ACHIEVING VOLUME
Length: 35 min
Using black and white paint only, I will show you how to achieve tonal volume painting a 3D object. Choosing a simple object like a piece of fruit, you will be able to do this.
LESSOn THREE
Glazing with transparent colour
Length: 37 min
I will discuss the magic of glazing. This technique can transform your paintings from being good to great! We will use our dry black and white paintings done in the previous lesson, and bring them to life with coloured glazes.
LESSOn FOUR
BEGIN AN OIL PAINTING
Length: 32 min
Step by step, I will show you how to start with underpainting on a coloured primed canvas. Discuss tonal values, layering colour, and coloured glazes. All the techniques learnt from the black and white exercise will follow into this project. This can be any size the students wish to work on.
LESSOn FIVE
CREATING A PAINTING WITH TOOLS OTHER THAN BRUSHES
Length: 27 min
I will discuss the various ways in which you can achieve TEXTURE in your painting. I will demonstrate applying the paint with various tools and techniques to make your marks and build up the surface of your canvas. You will then be able to HAVE FUN with a project idea where these techniques can be used to make a SEMI ABSTRACT “landscape” painting.
