What exactly will you get and what skills will you gain while taking the mini-course on the basics of oil painting?

1. The course includes lectures that examine the color palette and tone in detail, with bright, understandable examples. You will also gain valuable knowledge about atmospheric lighting: how landscapes look in different lighting – evening, morning and daytime, and you will also learn to understand the role of the light source in creating the desired mood in your works.

2. You will create three oil paintings on various topics, which will allow you to develop skills in working with this technique. If you choose the VIP tariff, you will receive one additional painting for a deeper mastery of the material.

3. The course will help you understand and recreate natural scenes on canvas, for example, you will learn to paint still lifes, depict bronze sculptures and create winter landscapes in the impressionist style, which will allow you to convey the emotional state of nature through oil paints.

4. Each master class will include an explanation of compositional solutions for the various topics covered in the course, so that you can consciously approach the organization of space on your canvas.

5. You will learn how to properly integrate the sky into the landscape, and you will also discover the secrets of realistic depiction of clouds so that your paintings look alive and natural.

6. Also in the course you will get acquainted with the basics of working with oil paints on canvas in the “a la prima” technique, which will allow you to create works in a short time, while maximally preserving the freshness and naturalness of the strokes.

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