Portraits in Oils – A 12-Week Zoom Course

A 12 Week Zoom Course, every Tuesday from 5 pm until 7 pm, starting on 16th September.
 
Unlock the timeless art of oil portraiture in this comprehensive 12-week Zoom course designed for artists of all levels. Whether you're a beginner looking to build a solid foundation or a more experienced painter aiming to refine your portrait skills, this course offers step-by-step guidance to help you create expressive, lifelike portraits in oils.
Each week focuses on a key element of portrait painting—from understanding facial anatomy and proportions, to mastering skin tones, light, and shadow. 
 
What You’ll Learn:
Week 1–2: The Skull: Foundation of the Face Study of the skull’s structure, proportions, and how it defines the overall shape and rhythm of the head. Learn how to draw and simplify the skull.
Week 3–4: Study of Michelangelo’s David head—a classical masterpiece that offers profound insight into bone structure and proportions
Week 5–6: Black and Withe study of a person, focusing on blocking in, simplifying shapes and value studies
Week 7–8: Introducing colour mixing and rendering realistic skin tones, working with a reference of a older person and learning how to capture personality. 
Week 9–10: Embracing the challenge of capturing a young person, learning how to achieve softness in the expression
Week 11--12 : Final portrait project, capturing personality, emotion, and likeness. Bringing life into the painting and adding final touches. 
 
Course Features: 
Weekly Zoom paint along type of sessions
Q&A at the end of the sessions with individual feedback
Additional assignments
All required references
 
By the end of the course, you’ll not only have completed a series of high-quality portrait studies, but you will also possess a strong anatomical foundation that elevates every face you paint.