Your Complete Path from Oil Painting Basics to Lifelike Realism
Master oil painting with 230+ step-by-step video lessons, taking you from essential foundations to more refined, realistic techniques.
WHO THIS BUNDLE IS FOR
Wherever You Are in Your Painting Journey, There’s a Clear Path Forward
Whether you’re starting from scratch or already have some experience, the complete bundle gives you a structured path to build strong foundations, refine your technique and create more lifelike paintings with confidence.
Complete beginners
Learn oil painting properly from the ground up with clear guidance.
Returning artists
Refresh your foundations and rebuild your skills with confidence.
Artists refining their realism
Develop stronger colour, depth, texture and lifelike detail.
Aspiring professional artists
Refine your work and build confidence for sales and commissions.
Course Overview
Everything You Need to Refine Your Realism
Go beyond the basics with 170+ step-by-step video lessons designed to help you refine your technique and create more polished, lifelike oil paintings.
- 170+ Video Lessons: Follow detailed, step-by-step demonstrations in full 4K.
- 4 Guided Paintings: Develop your skills through four complete, realistic painting projects.
- Lifetime Access: Revisit every technique and tutorial whenever you need.
- Learn at Your Own Pace: Progress through the course on your schedule, with no deadlines.
A Step by Step Path to More Lifelike Paintings
Build on your existing skills through seven structured modules designed to refine your technique, strengthen your confidence and take your realism further.
Module 1
Introduction to Oil Painting
Refresh your setup, materials and essential oil painting knowledge so you’re ready to confidently tackle the more advanced techniques ahead.
Module 2
My Step by Step Painting Process
Learn Charlotte’s complete process for building a realistic painting, from preparing your reference and underpainting to layering, glazing, colour accuracy and final details.
Module 3
Stag Painting Tutorial
Create a detailed stag painting while learning how to build convincing layers, intricate textures and realistic fur and antlers.
Module 4
Jadis’ Portrait Tutorial
Discover how to paint light coloured fur with depth, using subtle tonal shifts, layering and detail to create a lifelike portrait.
Module 5
Lacey’s Portrait Tutorial
Develop greater control over depth, contrast and edges as you create realistic fur and bring a characterful animal portrait to life.
Module 6
Fruit Still Life Tutorial
Master reflections, luminosity, transparency and realistic shadows as you paint a vibrant still life from start to finish.
Module 7
Finalising and Preserving Your Artwork
Give your finished paintings a professional presentation with guidance on signing, varnishing, framing, certificates of authenticity, packaging and shipping.
Exclusive Modules
Take your skills beyond the tutorials with practical resources designed to help you practise more, share your work and confidently start selling your paintings.
Bonus 01
400+ Reference Images
A curated library of 400+ reference images, giving you plenty of inspiration and opportunities to keep practising your realism.
Bonus 02
Social Media Guide
Learn how to film, edit and share your artwork on Instagram and TikTok, so you can showcase your paintings with confidence.
Bonus 03
Pricing & Commissions Guide
Learn how to price your artwork, structure your costs and communicate confidently with potential clients.
Why You'll Love This Course
Develop Your Skills, at Your Own Pace
Everything is designed to help you refine your technique without pressure, with detailed guidance and the flexibility to learn whenever it suits you.
Build on Your Skills
Progress beyond the basics with structured guidance.
Learn at Your Own Pace
Learn whenever it suits you, with no deadlines.
Lifetime Access
Revisit every lesson and technique whenever you need.
Dedicated Support
Get guidance whenever you need a helping hand.
Private Community
Connect, share and learn alongside other artists.
Learn on Any Device
Paint and learn wherever works best for you.
Full 4K Lessons
See techniques and fine details with exceptional clarity.
Certificate of Completion
Celebrate your progress and completed course.
Take a Look Inside the Course
See how Charlotte breaks down advanced techniques into clear, step-by-step lessons, helping you understand the details that bring realistic paintings to life.
Every lesson is filmed in full 4K, so you can clearly see each technique, brushstroke and fine detail as Charlotte paints.
“Realism is about learning what to look for and knowing how to bring it to life. I’ll guide you through the techniques that transformed my own work, so you can paint with greater depth, accuracy and confidence.”
See What Our Students Have Achieved
From refining their technique to creating paintings they’re truly proud of, artists around the world are taking their realism to the next level with Charlotte’s guidance. Here’s what they have to say.
I've only worked with acrylic until now, oil has made it a lot easier for me now, and Charlotte of course who explains so wonderfully.
Spirits. So everything I know about layering with the different mediums has come from your course. It’s genuinely changed the way I paint.
Ever, then I'll progress to experimenting with oils! I've been watching Charlotte's amazing tutorials and learning so much.
Thank you Lisa and everyone. I'm a fairly new painter at all this and it's really great to be able to paint with you all. It's really fun to learn from not just Charlotte but from everyone. You're all special artists.
I shared on my insta but it is in my language, and I think at least around 10 people enrolled because of my honest recommendation during the year. And we all changed our lives for better because of you. I am so grateful 🙏 thank you ❤️
For anyone thinking of doing this course, you won't be disappointed. Charlotte is an amazing teacher and I'm blown away by how much I've learnt, and how much progress I've made. Love the community too. 10/10 highly recommend this course ✨
Charlotte is an amazing teacher and I'm blown away by how much I've learnt, and how much progress I've made. 10/10 highly recommend the course ✨
I used it before, my paint was always cloggy, but I had no idea what was the correct way to use oils before this course... I'm literally obsessed with @Charlotte Gridley tutorials 😍 amazing teacher 🙏
I look forward to learn so much more from you. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and teaching all us hungry artists. You are an amazing master artist.
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About Charlotte
Learn from an Artist Who Knows What It Takes to Refine Your Realism
Charlotte Gridley is a self-taught oil painter known for her realistic wildlife, still life and animal paintings, collected by art lovers around the world. Inspired by the Cotswolds countryside, she has spent years developing the techniques that bring depth, texture and lifelike detail to her work.
Having developed her own skills step by step, Charlotte understands what it takes to move beyond the basics. She’ll share the techniques and painting process she uses herself, helping you refine your realism, tackle more challenging subjects and create work with greater confidence.
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