Duration of the online course: 5 hours and 26 minutes
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Build real painting skills you can use right away with a free online course designed for anyone who wants stronger results in watercolor, oil, and acrylic. Through practical tutorials and thoughtful exercises, you will learn how to translate what you see into believable light, color, and form, whether you are painting outdoors or working in a studio setup. The focus is not on rigid rules, but on repeatable methods you can apply to new references and personal ideas.
You will practice painting landscapes that feel atmospheric and alive, from sunsets and forest light effects to meadows, coastal pathways, and city scenes. Along the way, you will develop a clearer approach to simplifying complex subjects, choosing values that read at a distance, and making confident decisions about edges, shapes, and focal points. The course helps you move beyond copying and into constructing a scene with intent, so your paintings look more cohesive and purposeful.
Still life lessons add another essential skill set: controlling structure, proportions, and surface transitions. Working with familiar subjects such as fruit, glass, and reflective surfaces, you will learn to organize your setup, spot the key relationships that make objects feel solid, and create luminous color without overworking your paint. Whether you prefer quick studies or slower, more refined passes, these sessions emphasize a process you can repeat to steadily improve.
Color mixing is treated as a core discipline, not an afterthought. You will explore how to mix convincing skin tones, create harmony across a painting, and rely on a manageable palette that reduces confusion while expanding control. In addition, you will learn how to care for and finish work, including varnishing and intelligently reworking older paintings, a valuable skill for artists preparing portfolios, gifts, or pieces for sale. By the end, you will have stronger technique, clearer decision-making, and a practical workflow you can carry into any subject.
Video class: How to Paint a Sunset in Watercolors - Plein Air Painting Tutorial
05m
Exercise: _What inspired the warm colors in the hills and trees in SchaeferArt's sunset painting?
Video class: How to Paint Forest Light - Watercolor Painting Tutorial
15m
Exercise: _What is the main focus of the first stage of painting the redwood trees in the forest?
Video class: How to Paint a Building in Watercolors - Painting Tutorial
32m
Exercise: _What is the name of the country pub that SchaeferArt sketched in England?
Video class: How to Paint Forest Light Effects in Watercolors - Landscape Painting Tutorial
10m
Exercise: _What was the biggest challenge the artist faced while painting the redwood tree on location?
Video class: How to Paint a Forest Meadow - Oil Painting Landscape Tutorial
22m
Exercise: _What is the first step in creating the painting in the tutorial?
Video class: How to Paint Stonehenge - Watercolor Painting Tutorial - Tips for Plein Air Painting
11m
Exercise: _What is the challenge of painting Stonehenge on a cloudy day?
Video class: How to Paint a Cityscape - Watercolor Landscape Painting Tutorial
18m
Exercise: _What colors did the artist use for the sky in the painting of the street in Paris?
Video class: How to Paint a Forest Landscape - Oil Painting Landscape Tutorial
30m
Exercise: _What is the artist's preferred canvas panel size for small studies?
Video class: How to Paint a Still Life with Fruit - Oil Painting Lesson
42m
Exercise: _What colors did Brandon Schaefer use for his limited palette in this painting tutorial?
Video class: How to Paint a Bowl of Lemons - Oil Painting Still Life Tutorial
28m
Exercise: _What is the artist using to thin down the burnt umber paint?
Video class: How to Varnish Oil & Acrylic Paintings
07m
Exercise: _What tool does the instructor use to apply the varnish?
Video class: Reworking An Old Oil Painting - Speed Painting
02m
Video class: Repainting An Old Oil Painting: Improve Your Paintings & Sell Them
10m
Exercise: _What did the artist use to wet the surface of the old painting before reworking it?
Video class: Lemon Glow - Acrylic Painting Lesson
14m
Exercise: What light temperature was used for the still life painting?
Video class: How to Paint a Still Life - Fruits & Glass Jar | Painting Lesson
06m
Exercise: _What is the artist's process for starting a still life painting?
Video class: Color-Mixing for Portraits | Acrylic & Oil Painting Lesson
12m
Exercise: What is a key aspect to consider when mixing colors for skin tones in portraits?
Video class: Color-Mixing for Harmony | Acrylic & Oil Painting Lesson
19m
Exercise: _What colors does the artist use in their basic palette?
Video class: Acrylic Landscape Painting Lesson - Point Reyes Pathway in Light
35m
Exercise: _What kind of brush is the artist using in the beginning of the painting?
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Course comments: Painting tutorials and lessons
Joanna Pal
Absolutely helpful. A lot of my struggles and questions had finde their answers in ScheferArt videos. Thank you very much.
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