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Learn Oil Painting with Charlotte, Every Step of the Way

Charlotte Gridley is a self taught oil painter known for her realistic wildlife, still life and animal paintings. Inspired by the Cotswolds countryside, she has developed a painting process that makes realism approachable and enjoyable.

Having taught herself from the ground up, Charlotte understands the challenges artists face. Her clear, step by step teaching helps you build confidence, develop your skills and enjoy creating realistic oil paintings at your own pace.

Find the Right Course for You

Whether you're picking up a paintbrush for the first time or ready to take your existing skills further, there's a course designed for your next step.

Beginner Oil Painting Course

Start with the fundamentals and learn Charlotte's step by step process for creating realistic oil paintings with confidence.

Intermediate Oil Painting Course

Refine your technique, develop greater realism and take your paintings to the next level with more advanced guidance.

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"Learning to paint shouldn't feel overwhelming. My goal is to simplify the process, share everything I've learned, and help you discover the joy of creating realistic oil paintings, one brushstroke at a time."

See What Charlotte's Students Have Achieved

From first paintings to growing confidence and technique, discover what students have achieved with Charlotte's guidance.

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.

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 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.

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 ✨

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'm learning so much from my course that I got from you, I'm so happy I did it, I'm going slow but not resting, someday I'll go for a peice. Thanks again for sharing so many tips with the world, I'm so happy!