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The Oil Painting Portrait Course: Secrets Of The Old Masters

In this course you will learn in an easy and simple way...how to create a spectacular oil portrait.
Length Under 3 weeks
Effort 3 hours per week
Price $ 137
Subject Design, Art
Level Any
Languages English
Video Transcripts English

The oil portrait technique is possibly one of the most difficult pictorial techniques to master.

For over 500 years artists have designed thousands of ways to solve the 3 basic problems of a portrait in oil.


  1. the line

  2. the values of the shadows

  3. and the colors of the skin


There are many techniques but, we can divide them into 2 types,

those that work by layers and those that work directly.


the first is known as "Glazing Tecnic" and the second as "A la prima".


In this course we are going to focus on the first, we will learn how to work by layers. and we will discover not only how to apply the different steps, But we will try to learn the principles behind these steps in a simple and concrete way.

Who this course is for:
  • People passionate about painting
  • Manga cartoonists and tattoo artists
  • People who are interested in the oil portrait

What you'll learn

  • Learn To Draw a Realistic Portrait With Precision
  • Learn To Mix The Skin Colors
  • Learn The Differents Stages Of The Oil Painting Process
  • Lear how and why Aply Glazings.

Course syllabus

Introduction 7 Steeps to complet your painting Bonus section: Learn How To Draw The Face

Meet the instructors

Alejandro Encisso

For Those Who Have The Insaciable Need To Draw

When I was little I liked to draw, but my parents told me that the artists starve to the dead. That's why I studied engineering.

but when I was 25 years old, although I was successful in what I was doing, there was an insatiable need to express myself through drawing. and on weekends and spare time were not enough, that is why I decided to devote myself full time to art.

It's been more than 7 years and I haven't starved yet.

In this Udemy channel I want to share with you everything I've learned on this trip.