i got a wonderful chance to learn oil painting only so today's video is all about my learning
experience sharing what i learned from where i learned etc so please watch the video without
skipping and if you have any queries please let me know in the comment section so let's get started
hello everyone welcome back to my channel today's video is sponsored by evolve and first of all
a big thank you for evolve team for giving me the opportunity to try out the course
and i am so happy to be a part of the evolver community from the last few weeks i have spent
a lot of time on this course of grayscale oil painting i spent so much time in learning and
attending each block of their course and i can say it worth a try and i'm impressed
with the structure of this foundation classes before going to say more about my experience
let me tell you about the evil program so that you will get more idea on what they offer
evolving an art academy started in 2017 by kevin murphy one of the founder of evolve program the
art program offers you a wide possibility to learn oil painting from anywhere in the world
the evol team reached me and offered the access to first few lessons in their foundation course
and sent me the art supplies and asked to create a video detailing my experience
after watching this video follow the links i have given in the description box for more information
including free mini course about values and paintings and also evolve offering you hundred
dollar discount to the first 10 people that sign up using my code so don't forget to check out the
foundation course is breaking down into three simple parts value age and color the foundation
course which includes block of one to four you can see that in the screen about the details that i am
talking about in block one you will learn the value forms through control of values and aids
you will learn to create the impression of light and shadows volume depth in grayscale in block 2
you can learn proportional drawing from life along with the skill that you developed from
block 1. in block 3 you will start painting in colors in the blog 4 you will incorporating
what you have learned in the three previous blogs and push your scale to the next level
some of the other offerings avoid providing are one-on-one mentoring live group chat homework
rooms to get your feedback about your learning journey evolve instructors will support and help
your journey in every step on the way your assignments will be checked twice daily so
that you don't need to wait for long to start the next assignment or to correct your previous one
the evol program help you in understanding how to build a painting with confidence
the evolved instructions are there to guide you in each step of the foundation program
one of the best part i found in the evolve program is the art material they will send you
high quality art supplies that includes everything that you need to start with this foundation course
let's unbox that's a place that's sent by the world team which includes all that materials you
need for both blog 1 and blog 2 which include one bottle of old whole onion seed oil and eye dropper
to use with the linseed oil to get the accurate amount of medium into the paint palette knife to
mix the paint properly one set of evolved brushes these brushes are handmade by old holland needle
and paper roller one bottle clove oil it helps in extending the drying time of the paint one set of
old hole and grayscale paint which include two value of light and two value of shadows one part
of palette paper to mix the paint and you will get packet of photographs which includes 17 photos
those are the reference for the painting checklist to ensure each stage is properly completed before
moving to the next one set of transfer images which includes 19 pages transfer image helps to
maintain the accurate proportion for your painting 8 piece of transfer paper and three pairs of
canvas and those are the materials that i received from evolved team after every lesson there is
an assignment you have to complete it and take a picture upload to the platform where an instructor
will check it and give you a detailed feedback then only you will gain access to the next lesson
now let's talk about the actual painting and my experience as you may know i work mainly with
acrylics but i love to experiment with different mediums as a self-taught artist the experience i
gained is really amazing and i really enjoyed each step in this painting process i rarely tried with
oil paints and sometimes i feel not comfortable working with oil due to the mediums that we need
to mix and the drying time and starting with new medium especially online it get confused but the
evolved program gave confidence and the art program is very well organized so that we will
not find any difficulty in continuing the classes one of the founder kevin murphy is an experienced
painter and illustrator he is the instructor in the video and he shows everything from how to
place the canvas how to trace the image how to put the paint on the palette and how to use a palette
knife and everything is very precise and measured given instructions are very well structured
so that even a beginner and experienced artist can follow the instructions easily
in the first lesson we only use four gray shades moderate shadow extreme shadow moderate light
and extreme light we start by putting the exact measurement of the paints and oil mix it using
a palette knife to get the exact consistency the palette setup is in an organized manner
everything has a place and there is an order to what goes where during the painting process the
organization helped me in focus and concentrate on the painting process the instructions are
accurate and easily understandable through this lesson i have learned how to control the brush
how to apply the paint smoothly onto the canvas how to create sharp edges with simple method
the second lesson is a bit advanced compared to the first lesson in the second exercise we use
the skills that we learned in the previous lesson but we will learn how to create smooth gradients
after completing each lesson I submitted it for feedback and if have any corrections
I repeat it with the instructor's suggestion and make gradual improvements
in the third exercise we will start to learn how to paint three-dimensional object in grayscale
in this lesson we start to incorporate all the skills that we learned in the previous lessons
and start by filling the shape but this exercise have a lot of great lessons to understand
about shadows lights etc the instructions are perfectly delivered and kevin share
all the technical terms and explain each process very clearly with good explanations having a
recorded content is really helpful because sometimes we can go back and listen to the
instructions again and repeat the painting process you can watch the videos many times as you need
and that was really helpful and if you need a help or having any question or doubts you
can reach out to them anytime using the homework tool and they are available anytime for us to help
in the fourth exercise i completed the spear in this exercise we also require the skill that we
learned in the previous three lessons especially the identification of values edges shadows and
lights i can say all these exercise requires focus dedication and patience overall i really enjoyed
working with the evolved program so going through this art program was like a great experience
for me because there was lot of good stuff that i am new and i like the way the instructor kevin
teaches his lessons because it is well structured manner so that it is very easy to follow and i
like the high quality art material that the evolved team has sent because uh that makes
the painting process much fun and easier and the systematic way of teaching like four shades of
grey is a great way to start painting in a new medium and i did one-on-one chat with one of the
instructors piper who is also a well-known artist and she is extremely helpful i didn't get enough
time to engage in some of the other offerings at the world such as chat rooms and live q a session
as for me if i have the time i will surely continue to join the program because i am really
impressed with the structure of this art program thank you so much for watching and don't forget
to like this video and subscribe if you have any questions regarding the evolved artist program
please let me know in the comment section see you in the next video till then take care