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Contemporary Oil Painting Techniques

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

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

Discover how to depict the beauty of everyday life on canvas with distinctive brushstrokes and expressive colors

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99% positive reviews (459)
15,942 students
Audio: Spanish, English, Turkish
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

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.

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What will you learn in this online course?

21 lessons & 30 downloads

Physical Materials
4 minutes, 54 seconds
Digital Materials
5 minutes, 22 seconds
Theory and Physics of Color 1
20 minutes, 5 seconds
Theory and Physics of Color 2
17 minutes, 57 seconds
From the Photo to the Support
16 minutes, 58 seconds
Painting Colored Objects 1
20 minutes, 0 seconds
  • 99% positive reviews (459)
  • 15,942 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.


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15,942 Students
459 Reviews
99% Positive ratings
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Alai Ganuza

A course by Alai Ganuza

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Visual Artist, Painter, and Illustrator

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

  • U1

    Introduction

    • About Me
    • Influences
  • U2

    Materials and Color

    • Physical Materials
    • Digital Materials
    • Theory and Physics of Color 1
    • Theory and Physics of Color 2
  • U3

    Before Painting

    • Choosing Our Photo
    • Support Preparation
    • From the Photo to the Support
  • U4

    Step-By-Step Color

    • Painting Colored Objects 1
    • Painting Colored Objects 2
    • Painting Colored Objects 3
    • Painting Colored Objects 4
    • Painting Colored Objects 5
    • Painting Neutral Objects 1
    • Painting Neutral Objects 2
    • Painting Neutral Objects 3
    • Background-Object Relation 1
    • Background-Object Relation 2
  • U5

    After Painting

    • Final Advice
    • How to Make Your Work Visible
  • FP

    Final project

    • Contemporary Oil Painting Techniques

What to expect from a Domestika course

  • Learn at your own pace

    Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.

  • Learn from the best professionals

    Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.

  • Meet expert teachers

    Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.

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  • Share knowledge and ideas

    Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.

  • Connect with a global creative community

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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.

If you're a Plus member, when you complete a course you've purchased, you'll instantly get your personalized certificate. You can see all your certificates in the Certificates section of your profile. You can download your certificates as PDFs and share the link online. Learn more about certificates.
Contemporary Oil Painting Techniques. Illustration course by Alai Ganuza Best seller

Contemporary Oil Painting Techniques

A course by Alai Ganuza
Visual Artist, Painter, and Illustrator. Biscay, Spain.
Joined May 2021
  • 99% positive reviews (459)
  • 15,942 students