Painting Eyes with Oil for Vibrant Portraits

A course by Alai Ganuza , Visual Artist, Painter, and Illustrator

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Visual Artist, Painter, and Illustrator. Biscay, Spain.
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Learn to make expressive brushstrokes with colorful oil paint to bring portraits to life

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Learn to make expressive brushstrokes with colorful oil paint to bring portraits to life

A course by Alai Ganuza

Alai Ganuza alaiganuza

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Visual Artist, Painter, and Illustrator. Biscay, Spain.
Joined May 2021

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Visual Artist, Painter, and Illustrator.

They say the eyes are the window to the soul, and it's certainly what we are most drawn to when we look at a face. For that reason, illustrator and artist Alai Ganuza emphasizes the eyes most when it comes to her portraits. In this online course, she teaches you a deeper understanding of facial features and skin tones to bring striking and original portraits to life.

Learn how to paint your own eyes by mastering an expressive use of your brushstrokes, then discover how to apply everything you've learned to the rest of the face, hair, and body. Create a vibrant and playful piece of art that reflects the most unique features of the person you're painting.

The aims of the course are:

⦁ Understand the anatomy of the face and apply it to your drawings
⦁ Learn how to use colors in an expressive way
⦁ Analyze skin tones to achieve striking results
⦁ Paint eyes that convey a singular essence

If you want to delve deeper into oil painting, you may be interested in Alai's first online course Contemporary Oil Painting Techniques, where you learn to transform everyday scenes into authentic works of art.

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What will you learn in this online course?

20 lessons & 27 downloads

Materials

1 minute, 36 seconds

Understanding Anatomy

4 minutes, 36 seconds

Understanding Color 1

15 minutes, 57 seconds

Understanding Color 2

6 minutes, 56 seconds

Understanding the Reference Photo

7 minutes, 8 seconds

Preparing and Drawing on the Support

13 minutes, 31 seconds

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• 100% positive reviews (96)
• 3,207 students
• 20 lessons (3h 51m)
• 27 additional resources (7 files)
• Online and at your own pace

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• Audio: Spanish, English
• Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
• Level: Beginner
• Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Paint your own eyes using a photograph, making expressive use of color. Your teacher uses oil paint, but you can choose any other medium you feel comfortable with, from acrylic or gouache to digital.

Projects by course students

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Who is this online course for?

Anyone who wants to learn how to paint portraits as well as anyone who has painted before, but wants to give their pieces a creative twist using lots of color.

Requirements and materials

You don't need any previous painting experience to take this course, although some basic notions of Procreate will come in handy.

As for the materials, these are some of the most important:

- Acrylics and oils
A paint palette
Brushes and palette knives
Wood and gesso
An iPad with Procreate or a smartphone

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Alai Ganuza

A course by Alai Ganuza

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Visual Artist, Painter, and Illustrator

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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 open to everyone.

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