Oil & Acrylic Painting

This course will help art lovers master various methods of oil and acrylic painting, and find a personal unique style! We will work on painting nature; learn to represent texture of various objects; we will practice expressing character and emotions in portraits, set up the mood of the painting, and deliver the right artistic message through it.

High-quality art materials are provided and included in the course price.

To enjoy this course, you need to be familiar with:

• Sketching
• Shading
• Composition
• Facial Anatomy

This course will teach you:

Various methods of oil and acrylic painting:

• Impressionist method
• Modern method
• Classical method
• Color theory and practice
• Composition
• Color temperature

Detailed Curriculum

Acrylic Painting:

• Day 1: Introduction: Color theory and color mixing. Expressing mood through color. Painting simple colorful objects, learning to assess the desired color. Demonstrations and practice of various acrylic and oil techniques.
• Day 2: Impressionism versus classical painting. Starting a master copy of your favorite work of an impressionist artist (Monet /Pissarro / Gauguin / Van Gogh)
• Day 3: Tips on painting grass, clouds, water, and mountains. Finishing the landscape.

Oil Painting:

• Day 4: Starting a still life: introduction to classical oil painting. Compositional thumbnails, preparing a cartoon (drawing on thin paper), priming a canvas.
• Day 5: Continue working on a small still life. Making an underpainting.
• Day 6: First layer of color. Changes in color temperature. Tips on painting metal, glass, silky fabrics, text.
• Day 7: Second layer of paint.
• Day 8: Final touches, varnishes. Finishing the still life.

Portrait or Creative Composition:

• Day 9: Intro on human anatomy. Compositional thumbnails.
• Day 10: Working on a drawing, priming a canvas, transferring the drawing to the canvas.
• Day 11: Working on the underpainting.
• Day 12: First layer of glazes.
• Day 13: Second layer of glazes.
• Day 14: Final layer of glazes.