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Getting Started with Oil Painting

with Kat Mugg
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Master easy painting techniques for beginners to create your own landscapes!
English, Spanish, 4 more French, Italian, German, Portuguese English, French [Auto], 4 more Spanish [Auto], Italian [Auto], German [Auto], Portuguese [Auto]
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Kat Mugg

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Kat Mugg is an accomplished oil landscape artist, specializing in vibrant paintings that blend fantasy and reality.

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What you’ll learn

  • Paint stunning landscapes from scratch with easy-to-follow instructions
  • Get hands-on tips and techniques from a seasoned painter
  • Prep your canvas properly for a stress-free painting experience
  • Master tools like palette knives, fan, Filbert, and liner brushes to create various effects
  • Explore and mix the rich colors of oil paints for a vibrant scene
  • Capture the magic of the Aurora Borealis with flowing light streaks and glowing mist
  • Develop skills for painting various textures, like rocks, snow, reflections, grass and trees
  • Discover tricks to avoid muddy colors and keep your canvas tidy
  • Practice softening techniques and creating clean, hard edges and lines
  • Learn essential blending techniques for smooth color transitions
  • Enjoy artistic experimentation and self-expression in a supportive environment
  • Add final details like stars and highlights to make your art piece pop
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Description

Feeling overwhelmed by the idea of starting out with oil paints? Does it seem like an unattainable dream, way out of your reach?

Kat is here to help you overcome your insecurities and gain confidence in wielding a brush on canvas. No experience needed—just a willingness to jump in!

Her course is designed specifically for beginners, guiding you step by step through the basics of oil painting and sidestepping common frustrations and initial hurdles many face at the onset.

With Kat’s clear instructions, you’ll learn all the basic techniques to paint stunning landscapes from scratch. She will show you how to use brushes and knives to create a range of textures and mix colors to create vibrant hues.

Whether you’re completely new to oil painting or looking to enhance your skills, there is something here for everyone! Discover how to work in layers, blend colors smoothly, create glowing effects, and more.

Not only will you be able to create your own stunning masterpiece by the end, but more importantly, you’ll gain core skills needed to create many more!

Painting should be enjoyable and expressive. Join in and experience it for yourself!

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Who is this course for

  • Beginners to oil painting
  • Those interested in creating landscape paintings
  • Artists wanting to pick up new skills and techniques
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This course includes

  • 1+ Hours of on-demand videos
  • List of recommended resources
  • Process and Bonus images (JPG)
  • Certificate of Completion
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What you'll need

  • No drawing experience needed
  • Oil Paints
  • Canvas
  • Brushes and a Palette Knife
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Lesson Plan

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01

Introduction

02:44

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Welcome to Kat’s course! Whether you’re new to oil painting or want to pick up new skills, her course will guide you through the entire process.

Discover how fun and relaxing using oil paints can be!

02

Painting the Sky

16:10

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Get ready to bring the Northern Lights to life on your canvas!

Kat first shows you how to prep your canvas properly to simplify all the later steps! Then she shares her pro tips on planning the scene, avoiding muddy colors, creating the iconic aurora light streaks, and more!

And to make your night scene unforgettable, you’ll get to add glowing mists and twinkling stars across the sky.


2.1
Prepping the Canvas
06:33
2.2
Painting the Northern Lights
09:37
03

Painting the Background

35:39

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This lesson is chock-full of techniques for creating a range of textures to bring your scene to life!

Kat reveals key concepts you need to design a balanced composition. She then guides you through the basics of using a palette knife to create snowy peaks and the wet-on-wet technique to paint water reflections that mirror the sky beautifully.

You’ll also pick up tricks for mixing colors and alternating brush pressure to create depth and interest in your scene. We’re not even done yet, and the painting already looks impressive!


3.1
Painting the Mountain
06:44
3.2
Painting Snow
12:03
3.3
Painting the Water
09:41
3.4
Painting Hills in the Background
07:11
04

Painting the Foreground

35:09

Easy brush techniques for oil painting

Now on to the foreground, where we’ll add all the fun details!

From stately pine trees to lush grass, from realistic rocks to shimmering shorelines, you’ll discover how to paint them all using tried-and-proven methods that are easy to pick up!

Kat also shares personal tips for adding finishing touches that make her paintings pop.


4.1
Painting Trees
07:41
4.2
Painting Tree Highlights and Grass
10:21
4.3
Painting Rocks in the Foreground
09:32
4.4
Finishing Touches
07:35

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Sean L.

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Excellent course, attention to details and not to over do it.
I recommend it for Beginner
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Monica R.

2 days ago

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Techniques were shown adequately and the tools were basic enough for most people to use. Loved the picture created!
I recommend it for Beginner
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Kety J.

3 days ago

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Though the course was wonderful and the end painting was stunning, I felt that the instructor should have shared her palette too, to show the colors she was using and mixing whilst painting each element, instead of just speaking out what she was doing. It is a fact that she showed the colors she ha
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d on the palette at the beginning, it was not very easy to remember which colors she was talking about whilst mixing them to get the required shades. It was very engaging to watch the instructor painting.
I recommend it for Intermediate
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Sara B.

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Un bellissimo soggetto che si vede svolgere in così poco tempo che conquista! Le tecniche sono semplici ma molto efficaci, il risultato è fantastico. Insegnante preparata e simpatica. Spero in un'altro semplice corso ma di livello intermedio!
I recommend it for Absolute Beginner
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Nathalie T.

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Antonio J.

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Falta la Visualización de la paleta con sus respectiva realización de mezclas, explicación de algunos términos, como por ejemplo, blanco líquido.
I recommend it for Beginner
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Kat Mugg
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Kat Mugg is an accomplished oil landscape artist, specializing in vibrant paintings that blend fantasy and reality.


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