{"id":42654,"date":"2024-12-06T13:26:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T13:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/?page_id=42654"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:24:34","slug":"landscape-painting-with-oils","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/landscape-painting-with-oils","title":{"rendered":"Landscape Painting with Oils"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"coursetitlecontainer\">\n<div class=\"coursetitle\">\n<h1>Landscape Painting with Oils<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"coursetitledes\"><span>CLASS<\/span><i class=\"far fa-chart-bar\" style=\"margin-left:10px; margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Intermediate<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"insertbackground\">\n<div class=\"removep\">\n<div class=\"videoflexwrapper\">\n<div class=\"videotop\">\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1062092020?h=d62ee60868\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebartop\">\n<div class=\"vertalign\">\n<div class=\"logoimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logosmall75.png\"><\/div>\n<p>\n    <div class=\"sidebarcarddescriptiondark\">\n<span>JOIN THE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR<\/span><br>\n    Get ALL of our courses, ebooks, live lessons, critiques, lesson plans and more today.\n<\/div>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebarbuttonholder\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebuttonsmem\">START FREE TRIAL<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\">or<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/register-ll-landscape-with-water-mixable-oils\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebuttons\">BUY CLASS $67<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"courseperkscontainer\">\n<div class=\"courseperks\"><span>This lesson series features:<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"courseperks\"><i class=\"far fa-clock\" style=\"margin-right:10px;\"><\/I>Over 9 Hours of Instruction<\/div>\n<div class=\"courseperks\"><i class=\"fas fa-film\" style=\"margin-right:10px;\"><\/I>9 Videos<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>\n\n<div class=\"contentfix\">\n<div class=\"favorites\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tabs\">\n<p> <input name=\"tabs\" type=\"radio\" id=\"tab-1\" class=\"input\"\/><br \/>\n  <label for=\"tab-1\" class=\"label\">Lessons <i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\" style=\"margin-left:2px;\"><\/i><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h2>Lessons<\/h2>\n\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"curriculumcontainer\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 1: (1:10:55)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 2: (1:15:46)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 3: (1:10:15)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 4: (1:07:35)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 5: (1:15:27)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 6: (1:14:49)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 7: (1:09:49)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 8: (1:04:54)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" class=\"curriculum\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><\/i>Lesson 9: (1:20:41)<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><input name=\"tabs\" type=\"radio\" id=\"tab-2\" checked=\"checked\" class=\"input\"\/><br \/>\n  <label for=\"tab-2\" class=\"label\">About <i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\" style=\"margin-left:2px;\"><\/i><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h2>About This Lesson Series...<\/h2>\n<p>In <strong>Landscape Painting with Oils<\/strong>, you\u2019ll embark on a richly guided painting journey to create a serene landscape featuring trees, a flowing river, and distant mountains\u2014all rendered in water-mixable oil paints. With 9 video lessons totaling over 9 hours of instruction, this course walks you through every phase of the process, making it ideal for intermediate artists who want to deepen their oil painting skills.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Landscape-Oils-River.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape painting with Oils\"\/> <\/p>\n<h2>Materials and Painting the Background<\/h2>\n<p>You begin with Lesson 1, where the instructor introduces the required materials and sets up your composition by sketching contour lines with graphite. From there, you\u2019ll gradually build your painting, starting with the sky washes in Lesson 2, then moving into the mountains in Lesson 3.<\/p>\n<h2>Working to the Middle Ground<\/h2>\n<p>Once the background is laid in, lessons 4 and 5 turn your attention to the trees in the middle ground, establishing tonal structure, contrast, and the forms of trunks, branches, and foliage.<\/p>\n<p>In lessons 6 and 7, you push your painting forward: adding rocks in the foreground, developing texture and solidity, and then painting the river as it flows over and between these rocky elements.<\/p>\n<h2>Painting the Foreground<\/h2>\n<p>In Lesson 8, you continue refini\u00adng the rocks in the foreground, enhancing light, shadow, and subtle shifts in value. Then in Lesson 9, you bring the entire painting to its finish. Here you unify the composition, refine edges, adjust color harmony, fine-tune contrast, and ensure that all parts work together in balance.<\/p>\n<p>What makes this series especially valuable is how it combines structural planning with expressive oil handling. By using water-mixable oils, the approach is cleaner and more accessible to artists who may be wary of traditional solvent-based oils. You\u2019ll observe layering strategies, brushwork techniques, and color handling that preserve light and depth throughout. The course also demonstrates how to manage transitions between distant and immediate elements in a landscape, helping you unify focus and atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of Landscape Painting with Oils, you'll not only have a finished landscape painting you can be proud of, but you\u2019ll also gain a deeper understanding of working with oils: how to plan your work from background to foreground, how to build depth, and how to direct focus through value and color. It\u2019s a rewarding path for artists ready to step confidently into the world of oil landscapes.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 1 (1:10:55) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson one, we discuss the materials and sketch the contours of the subjects with a graphite pencil.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 2 (1:15:46) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson two, we begin applying oil paint, starting with the sky.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 3 (1:10:15) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson three, we begin work on the distant mountains.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 4 (1:07:35) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson four, we begin painting the trees in the middle ground.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 5 (1:15:27) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson five, we continue painting the trees in the middle ground.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 6 (1:14:49) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson six, we begin painting the rocks in the middle and foreground.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 7 (1:09:49) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson seven, we begin painting the small river that runs through the rocks.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 8 (1:04:54) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson eight, we continue painting the rocks in the foreground.<\/p>\n<h3>Lesson 9 (1:20:41) <\/h3>\n<p>In lesson nine, we complete the painting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <input name=\"tabs\" type=\"radio\" id=\"tab-3\" class=\"input\"\/><br \/>\n  <label for=\"tab-3\" class=\"label\">Resources <i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\" style=\"margin-left:2px;\"><\/i><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h2>Resources for this Lesson...<\/h2>\n<p><i class=\"fas fa-exclamation-triangle\" style=\"margin-right:10px;\"><\/I>Distributing any content downloaded from this site is strictly prohibited and against the terms and conditions of use.<\/p>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:10px;\"><\/I>Photo Reference<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-lock\" style=\"margin-right:10px;\"><\/I>Finished Result<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><input name=\"tabs\" type=\"radio\" id=\"tab-4\" class=\"input\"\/><br \/>\n  <label for=\"tab-4\" class=\"label\">Materials <i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\" style=\"margin-left:10px;\"><\/i><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h2>Here's what you'll need...<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>8\" by 10\" Linen Canvas<\/li>\n<li>Assorted Brushes<\/li>\n<li>Water Mixable Oils<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Disclosure: Links to art materials are affiliate links which means we make a small commission if you purchase at no additional cost to you.)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebarbottom\">\n<div class=\"relatedcourse\">Your Instructor<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructor\">\n<div class=\"instructorimage\">\n<div class=\"instructorpic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ashley-hurst.png\" alt=\"Ashley Hurst - Instructor\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"instructorname\">Ashley Hurst<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructordes\">\n<p>Expert teacher and visual artist. 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