In this course, Camila teaches you to do an oil portrait on paper with no initial sketching, just the paint, paintbrushes, and your observation skills as tools. The focus is on the expressiveness of your piece over likeness to the reference photo.

Artistic Oil Portraiture on Paper (Camila O'Gorman) | Download

Learn to capture the expression and beauty of people through oil painting on paper without an initial sketch

If you love the thought of expressing the beauty of the everyday and improving your oil painting technique, Argentine artist Camila O’Gorman is the perfect person to guide you. Specialized in oil painting and watercolor, she studied under maestro Guillermo Roux, has extensive experience in the field, and has exhibited her work at both national and international level in Chile, the US, Germany, and the UK.

In this course, Camila teaches you to do an oil portrait on paper with no initial sketching, just the paint, paintbrushes, and your observation skills as tools. The focus is on the expressiveness of your piece over likeness to the reference photo.

Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to learn oil painting, no matter their level. This course focuses on expression over precision.

Requirements and materials
No previous painting experience is necessary for this course, just keen observation skills and a thirst for learning.

In terms of materials, you need 20 x 30 cm paper, a palette, oil paints (titanium white, ochre, crimson red, ultramarine blue, and a natural muddy shade), a spatula, an alkyd resin such as Liquin, paintbrushes (one 1” wash brush, a number 10 wash brush, a number 5 round brush, and a liner brush made with synthetic hairs), a roll of paper, and a cotton cloth.