Contemporary Oil Painting Techniques
A course by Alai Ganuza , Visual Artist, Painter, and Illustrator
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Discover how to depict the beauty of everyday life on canvas with distinctive brushstrokes and expressive colors
Discover how to depict the beauty of everyday life on canvas with distinctive brushstrokes and expressive colors
Want to transform everyday scenes into stunning works of art? Look no further than oil painting with Alai Ganuza, painter and content creator whose social media accounts showcase how to marry beauty and the mundane through her unique use of light, color, and expressive brushstrokes.
In this course, Alai teaches contemporary oil painting techniques. Explore color theory and which materials are best suited to you. See how to paint a still life of an everyday scene from the photo of your choice, making adjustments digitally and then translating it all to the physical world using contemporary oil painting techniques taught throughout the course.
What will you learn in this online course?
21 lessons & 30 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (463)
- 16,027 students
- 21 lessons (4h 39m)
- 30 additional resources (8 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Use a photo to compose an oil painting of an everyday scene on the surface of your choice and create your own ode to the mundane.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Beginners and anyone who stopped oil painting but would like to give it another go, as well as experienced painters who want to add a twist to their projects or explore a new medium beyond oil— like acrylics, gouache, or digital—but with a fresh approach and use of color.
Requirements and materials
No previous illustration nor painting experience is necessary, but you do need to know how to use smartphones and tablets.
For materials, you need a surface (paper, wood, canvas, etc.), oil paints in a range of colors, paintbrushes, spatulas, Liquin, turpentine, varnish, and a basic painting workstation. You also need a phone or a tablet with a painting program such as Procreate or similar. If you opt to take the course using a different technique, make sure you have all the correct materials to hand.
Reviews
A course by Alai Ganuza
Although her feet were firmly on the path towards a career in sciences, Alai Ganuza decided to pursue her passion for painting and in 2020, she earned a degree in fine arts with a major in painting from the Universidad del País Vasco. Her work seeks to pay tribute to everyday life with a unique use of light, color, and expressive brushstrokes.
Alai began sharing her projects on social media each day via Instagram Reels, IGTV, and YouTube, creating a growing demand for her content. It was through these channels that she found herself transitioning naturally to content creation with an informative approach showing how painting can be fast, fresh, and accessible.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Materials and Color
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Physical Materials
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Digital Materials
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Theory and Physics of Color 1
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Theory and Physics of Color 2
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U3
Before Painting
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Choosing Our Photo
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Support Preparation
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From the Photo to the Support
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U4
Step-By-Step Color
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Painting Colored Objects 1
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Painting Colored Objects 2
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Painting Colored Objects 3
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Painting Colored Objects 4
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Painting Colored Objects 5
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Painting Neutral Objects 1
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Painting Neutral Objects 2
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Painting Neutral Objects 3
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Background-Object Relation 1
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Background-Object Relation 2
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U5
After Painting
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Final Advice
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How to Make Your Work Visible
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FP
Final project
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Contemporary Oil Painting Techniques
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.
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noemi_duran
Hermosa experiencia este curso!
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cruzcruzart
me gusta la manera de explicar de Alain, los temas, los recursos, un curso muy completo
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camila_mypuppy
Me pareció muy interesante la forma en la que pinta, convierte algo cotidiano y aburrido en algo más atractivo, me gusta como explica y que antes de abordar el proyecto final nos da algunos fundamentos y herramientas que nos facilitarán el proceso.
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dollymauji
PlusI love this course and her vibrant painterly style bursting with joyful colors! Alai explains the color mixing/choices/nuances so beautifully. I always wanted to paint in this style - free, painterly, making bold marks with brushstronkes in vibrant candy and pastel colors. I also love her tips of how to use color picker and grayscale features to assess values. After watching the complete course, I have collected wonderful sources on Pinterest and I am eager to start. Thank you so much Alai! <3
norahazahrani
Enjoyed the course and highly recommend it specially if you like her style. I loved her tips on color theory. Very well-organized and well-presented course. Thank you Alai.