An Introduction to Oil Painting (series)

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode one, a quick introduction as to what to expect in this series!

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode two, Lizet Dingemans covers the materials used in this series.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode three, we’ll be covering how to prime your canvas before painting, using a grey layer to give your base a clean mid tone to begin your artwork, and help your paint flow more easily.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode four, Lizet shows us how she preps her black and white pear by spraying it with primer.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode five, we go through how to light, position and frame your subject effectively, and to gain appealing shadow shapes in a cast box.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode six, we learn all about the importance of setting up your palette from light to dark pigments, as well as how to effectively create colour strings in black and white.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode seven, Lizet takes us through how to properly hold your paint brush, using your brush to measure your subject and how to effectively reproduce these measurements onto your canvas.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode eight, it’s time to block in your painting. Lizet covers how to roughly fill in your artwork using blocks of values.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode nine, we learn how to visualise the masses and values in your subject, and how to capture a more accurate realism this way.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode ten, we add rendering and edges to your painting, transitioning each shape using a soft brush.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode eleven, Lizet begins working lighter tones into the wet paint to add highlights and details.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode twelve, we begin our oil painting in colour! Following similar techniques as we’ve learned in previous episodes, Lizet now takes us through how to prepare your existing palette to add colour strings in colour with the simple addition of Cadmium Yellow.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode thirteen, it’s time to revisit how to block-in our still life - this time in colour!

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode fourteen, Lizet shows us how to add further realism and turn to your painting by adding edges and transitioning one colour to the next.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode fifteen, we add highlights and detail in colour.

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. In episode sixteen, it’s time to clean up your palette and brushes ready for your next project!

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. This is a bonus episode of Lizet’s entire black and white painting with no voiceover. Enjoy!

In this gold-subscriber exclusive series, Lizet Dingemans takes us through capturing a pear in oil paint, from start to finish in bite-sized, beginner-friendly episodes. This is a bonus episode of Lizet’s entire colour painting with no voiceover. Enjoy!