Studio Oil Painting with Aaron Blaise (Streaming)

Learn more about the locations and processes that inspire Aaron to do studio painting.

Gain an understanding of the pre-work you can apply to get your reference composition.

Find out more about canvas and the sketching process.

Discover the importance of creating the base layer on your canvas.

Build your color palette and start working on different planes of your composition.

Start a new color palette and refinements of the next plane.

Continue refinements in a different area of the canvas, expressing volume.

Highlight areas and use a mahl stick for some details.

Layering color to add details to the principal figure and ground.

Detail the foliage and learn tips about the color and finishes for your painting.

Watch Aaron experiment(ing) with details in the foliage layer.

Recap the process to achieve the final result and the importance of inspiring yourself to paint more.