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**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
This four-week course focuses on observational oil painting through the study of self-portraiture. Using the self as a subject, students will develop core skills in seeing and translating form, light, and color from life into paint, building a strong foundation for all portrait practice. Each session includes short contextual references to historical and contemporary painting practice, followed by a guided demonstration in which participants paint alongside the instructor in real-time.
Through structured exercises and ongoing feedback, students develop greater accuracy, control, and visual sensitivity in oil paint.
Week 1 –
Introduction to observational self-portraiture.
Limited palette painting demonstration and guided study.
Complete first self-portrait study using a restricted palette.
Week 2 –
Introduction to expanded palette and colour relationships.
Demonstration of colour mixing for skin tones.
Create an expanded palette self-portrait study.
Week 3 –
Development of sustained observational painting.
Begin final self-portrait using expanded palette.
Continue working on composition, value, and colour structure.
Week 4 –
Refinement of final self-portrait.
Expand colour range and adjust temperature relationships.
Complete final painting with emphasis on resolution and accuracy.
Ampersand Artist Primed Smooth 1/8” flat panels (approx. 6x6”, 3–6 recommended)
Glass palette
Assorted oil painting brushes (varied sizes, scaled to working size)
Oil paint set: Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, Titanium White (plus optional additional colours)
Gamsol (or preferred solvent)
Rags or paper towels
Palette scraper
Mirror (for self-observation)
Single consistent light source (natural or artificial, with clear light/shadow separation)
**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
This four-week course focuses on observational oil painting through the study of self-portraiture. Using the self as a subject, students will develop core skills in seeing and translating form, light, and color from life into paint, building a strong foundation for all portrait practice. Each session includes short contextual references to historical and contemporary painting practice, followed by a guided demonstration in which participants paint alongside the instructor in real-time.
Through structured exercises and ongoing feedback, students develop greater accuracy, control, and visual sensitivity in oil paint.
Week 1 –
Introduction to observational self-portraiture.
Limited palette painting demonstration and guided study.
Complete first self-portrait study using a restricted palette.
Week 2 –
Introduction to expanded palette and colour relationships.
Demonstration of colour mixing for skin tones.
Create an expanded palette self-portrait study.
Week 3 –
Development of sustained observational painting.
Begin final self-portrait using expanded palette.
Continue working on composition, value, and colour structure.
Week 4 –
Refinement of final self-portrait.
Expand colour range and adjust temperature relationships.
Complete final painting with emphasis on resolution and accuracy.
Ampersand Artist Primed Smooth 1/8” flat panels (approx. 6x6”, 3–6 recommended)
Glass palette
Assorted oil painting brushes (varied sizes, scaled to working size)
Oil paint set: Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, Titanium White (plus optional additional colours)
Gamsol (or preferred solvent)
Rags or paper towels
Palette scraper
Mirror (for self-observation)
Single consistent light source (natural or artificial, with clear light/shadow separation)