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Painting on Copper

Anna Rose Bain paints a mother and child on the beach in oils, on a copper panel. She describes her entire process and outlines ways that copper is different than linen or other traditional substrates.

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How Plein Air Painting Improved My Art (in every way!)

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Adapted from a keynote presentation I gave at a recent plein air workshop. I'm sharing the story of how I got into plein air painting and how it has improved my studio work and made me a more well-rounded artist.

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Composing an Imaginative Painting

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Anna Rose Bain walks you through the entire process for completing her painting, "World of Wonder." From the early planning stages to solving problems throughout, she'll share her tips and thought process for creating an imaginative realist work.

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Choosing and Editing Reference Photos of Children

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In this slideshow, Anna shares her best advice on how to shoot, select, and edit reference photos for your paintings of children

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Purple Dahlias in Oils

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Learn to paint stunning purple dahlias in oils with Anna Rose Bain! This video covers composition tips, arranging flowers, adapting to fading blooms, and oil painting techniques for vibrant, delicate petals.

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Painting the Figure at the Beach

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In this video, we'll discuss how to prioritize what to do first while dealing with changing light, how to paint waves and moving water, how to incorporate the figure, and how to solve compositional problems. Duration: 74 minutes.

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Painting Lifelike Fur: Portrait of a Male Lion in Oils

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Get ready to improve your painting skills with Anna Rose Bain's full-length tutorial featuring a beautiful male lion from South Africa. She will be teaching you how to create lifelike fur, with tips for reducing glare and creating stunning lighting.

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Painting a Realistic Mouth

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Anna presents a slideshow sharing key points on painting mouths, followed by a demonstration painting a realistic mouth in oils in under 40 minutes. Includes lots of information about form, color mixing, and much more.

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Painting a Realistic Eye

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Painting a realistic eye in oils using a limited palette. This video shows you Anna's process for painting an eye in just two quick segments, 20 minutes and 15 minutes.

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Portrait of Kia

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Anna's first ever oil portrait video, filmed back in 2015 - still full of tons of helpful information. You'll learn her approach to mastering facial proportions quickly, mixing skin tones, and capturing an expressive gesture.

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Twenty-Minute Oil Paintings!

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4.7 (3 reviews)

A new series of oil painting demonstrations, each only 20 minutes long! Follow along using the included reference photos, or watch during your lunch break.

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Process & Perspective: Painting a Self Portrait From Life

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Watch as Anna brings a self portrait in oils to completion by taking it through several transformations. Featuring extra emphasis on painting hands and hair, and how to work from a moving target!

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Children as Timeless Subjects

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Adapted from a webinar that Anna presented on November 8, 2023 for the Portrait Society of America, this mini course includes a brief slideshow demonstration and a 1-hour demo from life, where Anna paints her five year old son Everett.

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Creating Vibrant Skin Tones

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A full length video detailing Anna's methods for keeping clean color and mixing beautiful skin tones. With a bonus feature at the end on painting dark skin.

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Painting an Autumn Stream en Plein Air

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5.0 (1 review)

Anna explains her plein air process for painting moving water in oils. Painted on location along Guanella Pass Scenic Byway in Colorado. 85 minutes.

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My Art Story, and Who Inspired Me

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5.0 (1 review)

Anna tells her story and shares what it took for her to become a successful professional artist. Bonuses include videos recorded for Portrait Society of America webinars.

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Hiking and Painting

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Anna Rose Bain has mastered the art of hiking and painting. In this 20-minute video she discusses various easels she has tried, helpful tools and equipment she can't live without, what to wear, and what to do when you forget something important.

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Oil Painting Lessons with Cecelia

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Some fun videos Anna made with her daughter Cecelia, teaching her how to use oil paints for the first time. There are still some helpful tips in here for all levels!

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Finishing a Painting from a Photo

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In this demonstration, Anna describes how she completes an oil portrait from photo references, that was begun as a demo from life.

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All About Blonde

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Anna Rose Bain demystifies painting blonde hair with a detailed discussion about colors, values, and edges, followed by a quick demonstration from a photo in oils.

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Making Your Own Canvases

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Anna covers everything she knows about oil painting surfaces, including how to make your own linen canvases, and how to doctor cheap canvases and turn them into excellent working surfaces .

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Portrait of Tanner

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Anna returns to the basics with a classical oil portrait of a male model in dramatic lighting, from life. You'll learn how to block in the portrait using shapes and values, how to mix accurate skin tones, correct drawing errors, and much more!

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Painting the Oregon Coast

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5.0 (1 review)

Anna shares some tips on plein air painting while on location at the coast of Oregon.

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Painting Peonies

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1.0 (1 review)

Best sellers! Get all three of Anna's popular peony tutorials (valued at $179) right here as a bundle. She will you through her favorite paint selections and materials, as well as techniques for capturing the delicacy and beauty of peonies in oils.

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Portrait Fundamentals

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This instructional video digs deep into the fundamentals of painting beautiful, accurate oil portraits from life.

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Painting Children

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5.0 (1 review)

Anna's most popular videos are now available as a bundle course ($400+ value!). She will walk you through materials, lighting, the commission process, and of course, proportions, mixing skin tones, and working from live models.

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Art and Motherhood

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5.0 (1 review)

While not a "course," per se, this is where I share videos, articles, and other resources with you if you are on the journey of art and motherhood like I am. I've also included a complete PDF of my self published book, "The Wait and the Reward."

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Painting the Portrait in Outdoor Light

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A full-length instructional video filmed during Anna's workshop in South Africa. Featuring portrait painting in outdoor light, painted over the course of two mornings.

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Photoshop for Fine Artists

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5.0 (1 review)

I'll be continually adding more videos to this course, sharing my knowledge of Photoshop and how I use it for my art. This could include cropping and editing images of my paintings, or creating "mock-ups" in Photoshop for painting references.

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Email Critique

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Email critiques are available with a Monthly Membership Plus, and Annual Membership. Email Anna a high res photo of your artwork, along with any reference material you are using, and Anna will take a look and respond with a detailed email critique.

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Desert Plein Air Painting

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5.0 (1 review)

Anna shares her tips and tricks for plein air painting. She discusses her equipment, techniques, and thoughts on the importance of taking your art into the great outdoors.