Join instructor Peter Donahue on a comprehensive journey through the history, science, and mechanics of color. This course traces the evolution of painting from the dramatic shadows of the Baroque era to the mathematical precision of the 20th century. By deconstructing the palettes of history's greatest masters, you will learn the practical techniques and color theories needed to gain total control over your own canvas.

Jennifer Gennari brings forgotten animals from our country’s history back to life. The course modules address specific challenges, such as combining animal subjects with their environments (“Combining Images”) and conducting focused studies of key animal features—eyes, noses, and mouths. These skills build toward full-face portraits and in-depth studies inspired by Animals in History. The course will teach you to master both layered, luminous indirect painting and fast, direct alla prima methods. Students develop a strong understanding of how value, temperature, and saturation work together to create realistic form, convincing light flow, and believable textures such as fur or wool.

A groundbreaking class on warm and cool colors! Students will learn the scientific basis for color temperature, an important and often misunderstood area of color theory. Through oil painting assignments, they will learn how to simulate “spectral bias,” starting with shifting their palettes warm and cool. They will learn how to plan, prepare, and execute palettes for paintings that recreate atmospheric perspective, “golden hour” sunlight, and the effect of multiple light sources with different color temperatures.

Learn watercolor fundamentals through hands-on exercises that build your confidence from the very first brushstroke. Discover essential techniques like color mixing, basic washes, and wet-on-wet effects while creating your first complete paintings. This supportive 6-lesson course makes watercolor accessible and enjoyable, providing you with a solid foundation to continue your artistic journey.

Master the expressive power of watercolor through foundational brush control, advanced color techniques, and confident mark-making. This intermediate course bridges technical precision with artistic expression, covering a range of subjects that include geometric shape practice, complex subjects such as architecture, figures, and water effects. Students will develop proficiency in light-shadow relationships, pigment mixing, and creating three-dimensional form while building the confidence to paint with both control and spontaneity.

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A complete 6-step process for digital landscape painting, covering how to observe and analyze scenes, design strong compositions using shape relationships, handle lighting and depth, develop an efficient workflow, suggest textures and materials, and apply final adjustments for a polished result.

It doesn’t matter whether you're a budding filmmaker or a seasoned storyteller; this course will reveal how big Hollywood blockbuster action scenes are designed. Students will learn to convey mood, tension, and emotion and bring their action narratives to life.

Join watercolorist Eudes Correia for his one and only english language watercolor class! Eudes discusses his materials, photo selection technique, demonstrates watercolor techniques and then creates a finished watercolor painting. Every step of the process is covered from start to finish. We provide you with the original photograph so you can paint along if you wish. You can always use your own photograph. Come on in and learn from the amazing Eudes Correia. This course is dubbed in English by the artist's son Enzo!

Learn fashion illustration from Bil Donovan, one of today's most prolific and esteemed fashion and lifestyle illustrators. Bil has served as artist-in-residence at Christian Dior since 2009. His clients include Neiman Marcus, Vogue, St Regis Hotels, Kim Crawford Vineyards, Saks, New York Magazine, Elle, and L’Occitane, to name a few.

Join professional character designer Carlos Gomes Cabral—whose diverse work spans books, games, and clients like Sony Music and Envato—to transform static sketches into dynamic art. In this course, you will learn practical techniques to infuse movement, weight, and personality into your characters using line variety and dramatic perspective. Perfect for artists of all levels, this class provides the essential tools to make your subjects leap off the page and truly come to life.

You learn how to draw faces from the front, profile, and three-quarter views, and go even further by using shape psychology to add more appeal and personality to your drawings. Whether you are a beginner or someone looking to level up your drawings, you are in the right place. So grab your sketchbook or tablet and let's jump in.

Take the next step in your character design journey and master the art of drawing clothing! Taught by Carlos Gomes Cabral—a professional illustrator, book author, and character designer for Disney’s Lorcana—this course demystifies how fabrics drape, stretch, and compress. Instead of just guessing where to place your lines, you will learn the actual physics of clothing. Through memorable analogies and a clear "mental map," Carlos breaks down complex concepts into simple, fun, and highly applicable lessons that will work for any art style.

Jennifer's weekly classes were taught live. We have included the class recording, the source videos, the source photos, and the homework assignments. This lesson will focus on Alla Prima and Indirect Painting. This course includes 6 hours of lessons and 6 hours of source videos of Jennifer painting.

Join artist Jennifer Gennari as she leads you through every step of the portrait painting process. This course covers, image selection, drawing, transferring your image to a canvas, grisaille painting, color theory and development, and finally refining your work to completion. The source image is provided so you can paint with Jennifer. Assignments are given at the end of each recorded class for you to complete each stage. (Yes, you can also apply this course to any image you may have of someone else that you wish to paint. Students may work in acrylic paint if they wish.)

This video was shot during a live weekend workshop with Jennifer Gennari. The demo covers the entire process of making the painting. We have included three short videos where Jennifer explains how she tones her canvas and the paints and brushes she uses. The video quality of this lesson is good, but please be advised there are some glare issues on the canvas later in the video. We do our best when recording live and believe there is a tremendous amount of value for viewers. We hope you enjoy it!

Join artist Jennifer Gennari as she paints a double portrait from start to finish. She provides detailed information on every brush and tube of color she uses, how to transfer a drawing to a panel, and of course, you can paint along with her every step of the way. A high-resolution image is available for download with your purchase. As with all of our courses, you will get a user profile where you can customize your own portfolio, social links, and biography. You can connect with others in the community and comment on their work. We know you will love Jen's teaching and look forward to seeing you inside!

This is one of Jennifer's most requested classes. These lessons focus on the features of animals: eyes, noses, mouths, and the full face. Jennifer's weekly classes were taught live. We have included the class recording, the source videos, the source photos, and the homework assignments.

Join master artist Jennifer Gennari as she creates an original oil painting from start to finish. Jennifer goes into full detail about the paints she uses, her brushes, support, and medium. This course is over two hours and shows Jen's process from start to finish. A high-resolution image of the Lynx cat is included for students to download and work form.