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Painting Fundamentals: Acrylics and Oils from the Ground Up

A ground-up beginner painting course covering the foundational skills every painter needs: color theory, value control, brushwork, layering, and composition. Built around practical exercises in both acrylic and oil paint.

Complete beginners who want to learn painting seriously — people who have bought supplies but do not know how to use them, or who have dabbled and want to build a real foundation.

Course content

The Essential Palette: What to Buy and What to Skip40m
Acrylic vs. Oil: How Each Paint Actually Behaves38m
Your First Marks: Holding a Brush and Moving Paint42m
The Color Wheel in Paint, Not Theory45m
Mixing Neutrals and Grays Without Black48m
Color Relationships: Temperature, Saturation, and Harmony50m
Value Before Color: The Painter's Most Important Skill45m
Painting Form: Spheres, Cubes, and the Logic of Light52m
Composition: Thumbnails, Focal Points, and Visual Flow47m

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