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Oil Painting Atelier

In this 4-week course, join painter, author, and art educator, Juliette Aristides as she guides you through her approach to realist drawing and oil painting. Juliette will lead you through the essential techniques of still-life and figure painting, including preliminary charcoal drawings, value scales, and composition studies, through to full-color paintings in oil. You will begin with a still-life scene, before advancing to a figure painting from a model. Juliette will teach you the importance of drawing, the interplay of light and shadow, color temperature, and edge quality to achieve a sense of realism in your paintings. This course is ideal for artists seeking to deepen their understanding of classical atelier methods to create beautiful paintings. ReMastered Course - This course has been updated with downloadable assignments, optimized video lesson flow, new reference images, plus standardized rubrics and materials lists for a more effective learning experience.

4 Lessons 10h 3m 39s of videos

Common Questions

Is this course beginner friendly?

This course is appropriate for intermediate and advanced levels.

Are there any assignments in this course?

This course includes downloadable assignment PDFs, that help you practice the materials taught by instructor Juliette Aristides. Keeping up with these assignments will maximize your learning outcomes.

What materials do I need to get for this course?

A material PDF list is linked in each lesson under the description. Please check the file to see what you need to prepare.

Can I do this course digitally, using Photoshop or Procreate?

Most New Masters Academy courses are designed to be done traditionally or digitally. Software changes constantly, but the fundamentals stay the same. It will be up to you to translate the information that you are learning to your software of choice.