If you've never painted from your own reference, no worry. You will learn how to come up with and build strong references that tell a story. I will break down what would make a strong design and what to look for in the drawing stage.

Start building a strong foundational underpainting layer in the fastest method possible. I will show you a variety of techniques used by old masters.

This is the best and most elaborate part of a painting process that would result in the luminosity and finesse, bringing your work to a professional quality. You will learn powerful direct painting techniques.

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
• Time management & motivation

• Learn how light conditions affect the form
• Direct & diffused lights

"Keita's course challenged the way I look at colour in a fundamental way. I'm still seeing the effects in my work right now. Learning to see not just the colour in front of me, but to gauge it in relationship to the colours around it has radically affected the way I paint. I'm also a lot more comfortable using traditional media. Picking up oils after years of digitally painting was a big challenge for me, but after a few tough weeks I've learned to really love painting traditionally again."

"Keita was able to convey ideas using the simplest words and sentences that even beginners could understand. I have gained so much understanding and knowledge about painting, that it helped starting my still early art career. I think taking a class with Keita is one of the best investments you could make, if you want to improve your skills and understanding about painting."

"Keita's landscape class is a fun and rewarding class. I learned a lot about breaking down complicated landscape into easy to understand term, into values and chromas! Beside reinforcing fundamental knowledge he also have great tips from his personal process. I learned a lot and continue to use some of the knowledge at my job as well. A+ rec!"

"I was working full time in animation and I was always interested in painting but finding clear instruction on how to paint with oils, and what materials to use was really confusing. It was a real challenge to learn how to use the material, the different types of brush and trying to attempt to paint but Keita's instructions really helped during that whole process."

"I really enjoyed Keita's landscape painting class. This class made me more confident in approaching landscapes, either working plein air or from a reference. Prepping reference photos and getting a better understanding of value compositions are probably the two most important things I learned that I now use all the time in my current practice. Keita is a very knowledgeable and kind teacher. I would definitely recommend this class to anyone wanting to learn more about plein air painting, landscape painting, composition and approaches to colour."

"Keita's class is clear, and straightforward. Best way to understand how to paint what you see, instead of what you know, and have fun with it. I'm doing concept art right now...And what I've learn with him it's been super useful!"