• Come up with strong references
• Make multiple studies
• Draw with accuracy and confidence

• Build a strong underpainting quickly
• Learn various techniques of underpainting

• Finish your painting with an opaque layer in oil
• Learn how to model and render forms

You will get comprehensive PDF guides that cover a wide variety of topics like historical painting methods, what realism is, and many image-making concepts and techniques.

• Draw with accuracy
• Value & colour composition
• Express with colour
• Pushing through "ugly" stages

• Learn indirect painting techniques like glazing, botteggiando, and scumbling

"Keita broke down classical painting into logical, easy to understand procedures and principles with his expertise and knowledge. Painting started to make more sense, and I was starting to see what made a painting successful instead of "paint and hope for the best." Through Keita's guidance and teaching, I discovered new ways of understanding painting from idea to technique, and slowly finding my own sensitivities about painting."

"Keita simplified a lot of difficult and "mythical" process of oil painting. It made everything way easier to understand and control. He was generous to share his inspirations and materials for us to improve our ability. It gave me a huge boost in confidence and skill, and I was able to teach myself from there and build on what I’ve learned. He also taught me how to be a teacher by being a great teacher himself."

"Studying with Keita was one of the most important steps I took in my learning process for painting. He is a wealth of information and fantastic teacher who is as obsessed and enthusiastic about painting as I am. The experience truly helped me as an artist and I have not had instruction of that value at university or ever since. If you take these courses you will come out more knowledge of anything you seek to learn, whether you know what you need to improve or not. Keita is the man to guide you. A true gift to the arts in all of Canada."

”Keita’s lesson content for his classes are very detailed and informative. It is that crucial fundamental knowledge offered in his classes that helped me open my eyes as to what I was missing in achieving success with my art. One of the great things about his classes is that not only does he demonstrate how he works as an accomplished painter but also guides us within our own works emphasizing the construction of diverse forms in two dimensional space. His encouraging teaching style helped me greatly in building my skill level and in turn, my confidence as an artist. It was then that I was able to participate in my first major juried art show.”

"I first enrolled by taking the classical portrait painting class of Keita, and at first it was a real challenge to learn how to use the material, the different types of brush and trying to attempt to paint a likeness but Keita's instructions really helped during that whole process . The fact that he would start by doing a demo really helped visualize what we should pay attention to while painting and I've learned a lot from that class, that gave me the motivation to enrol in other classes. It really helped de-mystifying painting for me as a career and art practice."

"During my first year of Sheridan College’s illustration program, I decided to learn how to use oil paint. That summer, I took a class led by Keita and spent much of my free time painting. I learned the basics of oil painting - Keita has an extensive knowledge of painters and painting techniques. I enjoyed discovering the work of painters I had never heard of. He taught me to take a closer look at the colours I put down. I still remember how satisfying it was to successfully paint a transition in colour. I left the class with a renewed passion for painting. Even though I don’t paint as often now, I still use the skills I learned in the work I make today. If you have a blooming interest in painting, I recommend taking a class with Keita - working professional artist with a great deal of knowledge."