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Learn to paint: beginner to master

A complete path from first sketches to finished, gallery-ready paintings.

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About this course

A complete path from first sketches to finished, gallery-ready paintings.

Twenty-four lessons in four stages, from pencil sketches to a finished landscape and a portrait. Each stage ends with a painting you can be proud of.

You will learn to

  • Draw with accurate proportions

  • Build light and shadow with tonal values

  • Paint landscapes, still lifes and portraits

  • Develop a personal style and a practice routine

Course outline

  1. Stage 1 · Lessons 1–6

    Drawing, values and tonal sketches.

  2. Stage 2 · Lessons 7–12

    Colour mixing and still life in oils.

  3. Stage 3 · Lessons 13–18

    Landscapes: skies, trees and light.

  4. Stage 4 · Lessons 19–24

    Portrait basics and your final painting.

Follow the whole path

Enrol once and work through every stage at your own pace.