Additonal Elements

In addition to the key foundations, methods of painting and various subjects, other elements may also be covered in lessons, such as:

Glazing

Varnishing

Composition

Use of additional media

Additional brushes and techniques

How to develop your personal ideas and approach

Lessons on Additional Elements

These additional elements and techniques may be covered if needed during other sections, for example, varnishing or glazing (applying thin transparent layers of paint) may be covered during lessons if needed to improve a painting, or they can be covered later. Neither varnishing or glazing are needed for every painting, but they are useful tools to have.

Composition in Oil Painting - Colour Relationships, Leading The Eye, etc.

What is Composition and Why is it Important?

Composition is the overall relationship of colour, value and form.  The way in which the various parts of a painting are brought together can obviously make an enormous difference to the overall effect.

Lessons on Composition

During lessons you will learn about colour relationships, lighting composition, balance, leading the viewer's eye and much more.

Although composition will be looked at to some extent as soon as one begins making oil paintings and considering colour, value and form, in the sequence of lessons this will not usually be looked at in depth until the key foundations as well one or more methods of oil painting have been covered, with the exception of abstract painting which tends to rely more heavily upon effective composition.

Courses in Which Composition is Taught

General Course in Oil Painting