will kemp art school

How to paint a portrait series. This is part 5 of a 5 part series of tutorials for beginners making the transition from drawing to oil painting.

We look at how importance value and tone are in creating a realistic black and white portrait using classical oil painting techniques.

Alongside the lessons, I will be offering an email critique service every step of the way to support your learning, so you get the most out of it.

Here is a quick review of what we have covered so far if you’d like to join in… Click to continue

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How to paint a portrait series. This is part 4 of a 5 part series of tutorials for beginners making the transition from drawing to oil painting.

We look at how importance value and tone are in creating a realistic black and white portrait using classical oil painting techniques.

Alongside the lessons, I will be offering an email critique service every step of the way to support your learning, so you get the most out of it.

Here is a quick review of what we have covered so far if you’d like to join in… Click to continue

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“When you come back to your painting you’ll notice how the oil has become translucent overnight and won’t have the same coverage that you first thought.”

How to paint a portrait series. This is part 3 of a 5 part series of tutorials for beginners making the transition from drawing to oil painting.

Alongside the lessons, I will be offering an email critique service every step of the way to support your learning, so you get the most out of it.

These 5 email critiques will cost $49 / £30 / €37. If you are interested in the email critiques email me and I will get back to you with more details.

Here is a quick review of what we have covered so far if you’d like to join in… Click to continue

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How to paint a black & white portrait in Oils a Step by Step approach – with an option of email critiques

In this series of 5 posts I am going to look at the process of how to tackle painting a black & white portrait using oil paints.

Alongside this, I will be offering an email critique service every step of the way to support your learning, so you get the most out of it.

If you’re frustrated because you are caught, unable to take your work to the next level then the critique service that coincides with this series of free posts will help you break the cycle of your inner critic as I will guide you through the process.

These 5 email critiques will cost $49 / £30 / €37. If you are interested in the email critiques email me and I will get back to you with more details.

So when you come back to your painting the next day, it’s a good time to reassess the drawing and have another look at the tones… Click to continue

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