Chris Brandley Art/The Essence of Italy

  • $395

The Essence of Italy

  • Course
  • 42 Lessons

*9 Full length Italian Themed painting lessons *Italian recipes *Bonus Library full of art tips, skill boosters and helpful hints *Invite to our Private Facebook Community

Contents

Welcome to the Essence of Italy!

Meet Your Instructor
Introduction to the Course
Navigating the Essence of Italy

Getting Started

Here you will find videos and PDF's to download that you'll need throughout the course. The videos will help you prepare for the course before you begin the lessons.

Setting Up Your Studio Space
Oils Supplies
Acrylics Supplies
Transparent or Opaque.pdf
Oil Palette Map
Acrylics Palette Map
Acrylics Color Substitutions.pdf
Chris's color wheel.pdf
Studio Safety
How to put a Grid on your Reference Photo
Gessoing a Canvas

Essence of Italy Painting Lessons

Benvenuti Artisti!   (Welcome Artists!)

Thank you for choosing to paint the The Essence of Italy with me! My hope is that you will be inspired, blessed and renewed during our time together. Keep this thought from Brene' Brown in mind as you work through each lesson: 

"Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis." ~Brene' Brown

As an added bonus, I've included some Italian food recipes that you will find throughout the course. They are from special people I’ve had the privilege to meet while spending time in Italy. They shared them specifically for you!

There are 8 modules that you can paint in any order, but they are laid out in the order I painted them if you wanted to go in order.

Be sure and join our private Facebook group so we can interact with each other! Post your questions there as I  I will be jumping on frequently to interact and help. It’s also a safe place to share your paintings.

Each painting video will include the Step by Step demos broken down into 2 or 3 parts. I encourage you to watch through the videos 1st, and then watch again and paint along, pausing as needed.

You will have my finished painting, along with two gridded reference photos to choose from; unfiltered (which is the regular photograph), and filtered (which is altered in Photoshop to look more painterly and break down basic shapes). Click on these to enlarge.

Scegli sempre la gioia! (Always choose joy!)

Tuscan Bling Part 1
Tuscan Bling Part 2
Bonus! Acrylic demo: Italian Sunshine
Let It Shine Part 1
Let it Shine Part 2
Let it Shine Part 3
Splash of Color Part 1
Splash of Color Part 2
A New Day Part 1
A New Day Part 2
Burano Color Part 1
Burano Color Part 2
Going To The Chapel Part 1
Going To The Chapel Part 2
Welcome Home Part 1
Welcome Home Part 2
Tuscan Tiles Part 1
Tuscan Tiles Part 2

Bonus Library

Here you'll find Videos and PDF's with Helpful Hints and Skill Boosters to help you grow as an artist.

Helpful Hints
Skill Boosters

Italian Recipes

The recipes you will find throughout the course are from special people I’ve had the privilege to meet while spending time in Italy. They shared them specifically for you!

Casa Berti Limoncello cake recipe.pdf
Pizzoccheri Varenna style recipe.pdf
Garmugia recipe.pdf
Tortellini Recipe.pdf
How to Make Venetian Hot Chocolate.pdf
Rocciata Pastry Cake Recipe
Rovinelle Recipe.pdf

Thank You!

Message from Chris