Painting the Half-Length Portrait

4 x painting lessons producing two different half-length portraits.

£120 - to buy this painting course, click one of the lessons below

About this course

Painting the human face remains Peter’s favourite subject matter and during this NEW online painting course, you will learn how he paints 2 different half-length portraits, in his own loose and painterly style.

During the 4 lessons, you will cover the following:

• How to begin the portrait whilst successfully composing them on the canvas

• Achieving accurate proportions whilst keeping the painting loose

• Creating a range of colours that work together and capture the character of the subject

• Strategies for painting arms and hands

• The two different models we will be painting from will be a redheaded man and young costumed girl (an example of which you can see above)

What is included:

• 4 × 3 hour video lessons

• The ability to watch the lessons as many times as you need before Feb 2028.

• 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 2 different half-length portrait paintings.

Peter uses oil paints throughout this course, although this course would also be of benefit 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 or sign-in. (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. If you bought a course last year, please sign-in with the same details; you do not need to create a new account to purchase this new course).

Each of the lesson pages (below) include everything you need to take part in each lesson, including the 3 hour lesson video recording, 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.