Oil Painting Education for Everyone

Oil Painting Education for Everyone udemy course

SESSION ONE - French Impressionism; Bertha Morisot's 'Hollyhock Garden'

Concetta has instructed over 25,000 students for over 30 years in the USA and now in Australia.

The course will be a "Four Stage Process" taught step-by-step which will result in a successfully completed oil on canvas painting.

The Four Stages will consist of:

Stage One:

• Explanation of fundamental oil painting materials and their use

• Instruction on composition another painting elements

• Preparation of a 6 -Value palette system for color mixing and value creation

• Understanding the process required to create an oil painting

• Breakdown & outline of the subject

• Correct color and value selection

• Block in of the outline

• Creation of the underpainting

Stage Two:

• Revision of materials particularly brushes

• Analysis of underpainting shapes and methods to correct them

• Initial development of the underpainting working from back to front

• Initial development of the underpainting working from dark to light ( or light to dark)

• "Double Darking” certain areas for opaqueness

Stage Three:

• Continue to build up the painting from the underpainting

• Additional help with color mixing and color theory

• Adding values and depth will bring greater dimension

• Discussion on “Poetic” brushwork and methods to express design

• The painting starts to “turn the corner”

Stage Four:

• Continue build-up of the painting

• Check edges for correct placement or overlapping errors

• Add local color for POP in focal point areas

• Adding your signature!