
Amazing Faces Course
4 x painting lessons looking at 4 different, varied and beautiful faces.
£120 - to purchase this video course, click one of the lessons below
About this course
Portraiture remains Peter’s first love and during this 4-part course, he will show you how he approaches painting 4 different head and shoulders portraits, in his own style.
During the 4 lessons, you will cover the following:
How to achieve accurate proportions, tones and colours
Where to start and how to build your portrait
Achieving richness of colour in your portraits
How to capture a likeness
Utilising a range of painterly effects
The 4 different sitters include an old bearded man, a middle aged black woman, a young white red-headed boy and a young white long-haired woman.
What is included:
4 × 3 hour video lessons
The ability to watch the lessons as many times as you need before Feb 2026.
Detailed structured teaching notes that accompany each specific lesson.
Excellent, high-quality reference images to work from.
Suggested materials list.
By the end of this course, you will have created at least 4 different paintings.
Peter uses oil paints throughout this course, although it would also be of use to those artists who prefer working in acrylics as Peter does talk about how he would use acrylics in some of the lessons.
How to join this class:
Click one of the lessons below to sign-up. You sign-up to this course by creating a username and password. These will be the details you enter each time you wish to watch one of the lessons.
Each of the lesson pages (below) include everything you need to take part in each lesson, including the 3 hour lesson video, the reference image Peter will be working from, materials list and the detailed accompanying class notes.
To buy this 4-lesson course, please click the first lesson below.
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Lessons
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Lesson 1: Older Male
Lesson Focus: Accurate drawing and getting proportions correct.
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Lesson 2: Older Female
Lesson Focus: Tonal Values
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Lesson 3: Child
Lesson Focus: Getting more colour into your portraits.
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Lesson 4: Younger Female
Live Lesson: Mon 25th Nov, 10am UK time
Lesson Focus: Edges and mark making.
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