Fine Art

Oil Painting

From bare palette to finished painting

12 lessons4 modules9h 30m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

Oil paint has been the medium of choice for serious painters since the 15th century because nothing else blends, holds detail, and glows quite like it. This course teaches the real craft — choosing pigments by name, mixing colour from a limited palette, controlling the fat-over-lean rule so paintings cure soundly, and working both wet-into-wet and in glazed layers. You finish able to plan, paint, and finish a coherent oil painting on your own, working cleanly and safely.

Curriculum

Module 1: Materials, the Palette, and a Safe Studio3 lessons

What Oil Paint Is and Why It Behaves That WayPreview45m
Paints, Brushes, Surfaces, and Mediums🔒50m
Setting Up Safely — Solvents, Ventilation, and the Palette🔒45m

Module 2: Colour Mixing and Value3 lessons

Value First — Seeing Light Before Colour🔒45m
Mixing Neutrals, Greens, and Clean Colour🔒50m
Skin Tones, Temperature, and Limited-Palette Harmony🔒45m

Module 3: Direct Painting — Alla Prima3 lessons

The Alla Prima Approach and Blocking In🔒50m
Edges, Brushwork, and Modelling Form🔒50m
Bringing an Alla Prima Study Together🔒45m

Module 4: Indirect Painting, Glazing, and Finishing3 lessons

The Indirect Method and Fat Over Lean🔒50m
Glazing and Scumbling for Luminosity🔒50m
Drying, Varnishing, and Presenting the Finished Work🔒45m