Rosso Emerald Crimson
How to paint a Stunning Portrait
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The difference between Peer & Expert levels
Both Peer and Expert levels provide:
- Video lessons led by an expert tutor
- Downloadable lesson notes
- Practice assignments
- Group learning in a 20-student online classroom
- Lifetime access to videos, notes, and classroom
The Expert level additionally includes:
- Personalized feedback and coaching from your tutor
- Private messaging with your tutor
- Certificate of completion
Course overview
Join an online portrait painting class with artist Rosso Emerald Crimson, taught from her studio in London, and watch her create a stunning oil portrait from scratch.
If you're an aspiring artist looking for inspiration and practical guidance, this is the perfect opportunity to expand your horizons and be mentored by a world-renowned artist.
This course gives you behind the scenes trade secrets of an acclaimed artist. Rosso takes you on her journey, sharing philosophies and techniques, whilst you study painting a portrait from start to finish. You will explore an interplay of 'free style' and improvisation vs a rigorous approach to portraiture.
Rosso’s body of work is composed of classical portraiture and more accomplished figurative paintings with narratives developed around the female identity, reflecting her own life and experiences as a woman. Through portraiture and self-portraiture, Rosso explores and addresses feelings and taboos connected to gender identity, sexuality, beauty, relationships, motherhood/parenthood.
After talking you through the research stage, including preliminary sketches, sourcing images/models and preparing your studio, Rosso will then walk you through the creation of a realist portrait, from start to finish.
"I was following Rosso for years - and to see her process is both inspiring and helpful ! Loved the course and waiting for more :)))" - Emiliya
Rosso will talk you through each step of the creation process of a portrait, giving you practical advice for when taking on your own project. You will be set assignments at the end of each lesson which enable you to practise the techniques, and will receive feedback on your progress before moving onto the next stage of the portrait.
"Learn and practice a lot based on what other artists have already achieved, experiment, make mistakes, plenty of them, and advance from them. Keep your art flowing, and growing." – Rosso, Artcan
You'll learn:
- where to find inspiration for your portrait
- how to paint with oil and which brushes to choose
- how to prepare your panel
- how to review your work as you paint
The course includes:
- 6 on-demand video lessons - presented by Rosso Emerald Crimson
- lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class
- flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
- downloadable lesson notes
- practical portrait painting assignments (with tutor feedback available)
- access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
- small interactive online classroom - chat online to students from around the world and share your creative ideas
Time to complete the portrait painting class:
Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 21 hours 40 minutes to complete including:
- Video lessons: 3 hours 40 minutes in total
- Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
- Your portrait painting assignments: at least 2 hours per lesson
- Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson
- Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson
You'll need:
Standing/table easel, large palette, pots for turps and mediums, rags, a variety of oil paints of different sizes / grades.
Brushes: A variety of brushes, including: a. flat synthetic brushes for acrylics/oil (large to very small, for finer details) b. Pointed round (hog, sable and/or synthetic) c. Sable brushes (for finer details, later stages of painting) d. Hog brushes e. Fan brushes (optional).
Download the full equipment list.
The course is suitable for artists of all levels- from those who have never painted a portrait before to artists who want to learn Rosso's techniques.
Ready to get started?
Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Rosso on your portrait.
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Lesson summary
Research and preparatory studies
Preparing to paint
Sketching and blocking in
Painting the portrait
Painting the background
Finishing the painting
Choose how you want to learn
Expert-level
Develop your learning further with marked assignments and personal tuition:
- Start the course whenever you like
- Tutor access for personalised assignment feedback & coaching
- Certificate of completion and CPD learning hours
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- Lessons with expert videos & notes
- Group chat & direct message with tutor & classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
Peer-level
Get the most from shared knowledge and community study:
- Start course whenever you like
- Practise what you learn with your peers
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- Lessons with videos & notes
- Course assignments
- Group chat & direct message classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
Why choose Learning with Experts?
Frequently asked questions
What’s the difference between PEER and EXPERT levels?
At Peer and Expert level, you get access to the same core content and features:
- Video lesson tutorials led by your expert tutor
- Downloadable lesson notes
- Option to practise what you learn with lesson assignments
- Group learning within an online interactive classroom of up to 20 classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes and classroom
If you choose Expert level, you get all of the above plus the following:
- Personalised assignment feedback and coaching from your expert tutor
- Opportunity to interact with your expert tutor through a private messaging system
- Certificate of completion.
What is an online classroom?
Our online classroom has been developed to allow you to learn from our experts in a sociable environment alongside up to 20 other students. After each video tutorial led by your expert, you will be encouraged to practice what you have learned with optional assignments - these can be seen by the other students in your class, who are free to share their own thoughts and questions with you.
You will be encouraged to take part in an ongoing class discussion where you can discuss ideas, post images or work, and comment on each other’s assignments. It’s a great way to learn from other like-minded people who share your passion from all over the world.
This means not only do you benefit from people who are outstanding in their field, but also from a close-knit group of like-minded people whom you can learn alongside. Group learning has shown to greatly improve not just the experience of studying, but also how well you retain the knowledge, and we have built our classroom experience around this fact.
When can I start my course and how long will it take?
You can start your course any time within 12 months after receipt of your purchase confirmation email. Once you start, you’ll have lifetime access — meaning you can revisit the lesson videos and notes whenever you want.
Our courses are designed so that you can study at your own pace, some prefer to binge learn while others like to spread their studying over a longer period of time - it’s completely up to you. To give you a rough time frame, each lesson video is approximately 30-40 minutes long, and we recommend that you spend around an hour on each assignment.
How often can I speak with the Expert?
If you opt for the Expert version of your course, the time you have to interact with your tutor is limited to course length. You will have one week per lesson to chat to your tutor and to have your assignments marked, and during this period you can ask them as many questions as you would like.
To find out the length of each course, head to the product page and look at the Course outline to see how many lessons it contains. e.g. a four lesson course assumes that you will have completed the assignments within four weeks.
Your tutor interaction period will start as soon as you enter the classroom. If you find that you are struggling to complete the assignments in the allocated time or you wish to put this function on hold, just get in contact with one of the team via the support button and we will help you out.
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