Painting Courses

Beginners

With only four modules, the beginner level will elevate your work from novice to skilled in less than three months.

Starting with basics

Mastering the line drawing of geometrical from, understanding the tonal values and creating three-dimensional forms.

Painting the Form and what is colour?

Painting the solid form using monochromatic colours such as white and black and knowing the history of colour theory.

Painting the still life and mastering the colour wheel

painting still life compositions while simultaneously learning how to effectively utilize the colour wheel

Grisaille Painting and Attributes of Colour

"Grisaille Painting" is a technique that uses grayscale to create depth, while "Attributes of Colour" involves understanding the various properties and characteristics of colour in the context of art

Intermediate

By expanding your artistic language, intermediate approaches allow you to build methods that are faster, rational, and more innovative in less than four months.

Mastering grisaille Portrait Painting and knowing Aerial Perspective

Achieving expertise in the technique of creating grayscale portraits and understanding of the artistic concept of aerial perspective, which involves how the atmosphere affects the appearance of objects in the distance.

Colour theory and mixing skin tones

Concepts such as primary, secondary, and tertiary colours, colour harmony, the colour wheel, and various colour properties like hue, saturation, and value. Mixing skin tones requires a keen understanding of the specific colours

Using colour theory for painting portraits and landscapes

Artists need to consider factors like lighting, skin undertones, and the desired emotional impact when choosing and mixing colours for a portrait and the interplay of warm and cool colours, contrast, and the effects of aerial perspective to create depth and mood in the landscape.

Underpainting and knowing the compositional grid for painting

Underpainting is a foundational technique in painting where a monochromatic or limited-colour base layer is applied to a canvas and having knowledge of various compositional principles and guidelines used to structure and balance an artwork

Advanced

By learning advanced methods, you can develop your artistic ability in the tradition of the masters and succeed as a professional artist.

Painting high finished portraits and more on compositional grid

Focus on creating detailed and refined portrait paintings while delving deeper into the application of compositional grids in the context of portraiture

Learning colours from Old Master Painting

Studying and gaining knowledge about the use of colour by renowned artists from the past and analysing the colour choices, techniques, and harmonies employed by old master painters to understand how they achieved their artistic effects

Learning to create texture in painting

Artists achieve this by experimenting with various brushstrokes, layering, and materials to simulate the appearance and feel of different textures, such as wood, fabric, stone, or foliage

knowing how to make world class painting

This involves mastering various aspects of art, including composition, technique, colour theory, perspective, and artistic expression.