Welcome to the wonderful medium of pastel! If you’re a beginner, this is actually an ideal time to learn a painterly approach the right way from the start and establish strong habits that will serve you for years to come.

This course is designed to help you avoid common frustrations by teaching proven materials, methods, and ways of thinking about portrait painting in pastel. Rather than trying to piece things together on your own, you’ll be guided through a clear, structured approach that saves time, money, and unnecessary trial and error.

The lessons move step by step, beginning with foundational concepts and gradually building toward more advanced techniques. You can move at your own pace, revisit lessons whenever needed, and focus on what matters most for your current stage of development.

If you’re willing to show up, practice, and stay curious, you’ll find this course both accessible and deeply rewarding. You can do this.

I understand how full life can feel with the demands of family, work, and daily responsibilities. Many artists come to this course feeling the same way—and wondering if they’ll really be able to make progress.

The Painterly Portrait Course was designed with real life in mind. Because it’s self-study, you can move through the lessons at a pace that fits your schedule. Some students work in short, focused sessions. Others set aside longer blocks of time when they’re able. There’s no required timeline and no deadline to “keep up with.”

What matters most isn’t how fast you move, but that you return to the work with intention. Even a few consistent hours a week—when your schedule allows—can lead to meaningful growth over time. And with lifetime access, you can pause, revisit lessons, and continue building your skills whenever you’re ready.

If you’re willing to engage with the material and apply what you learn, you will see improvement. This course isn’t about rushing. It’s about developing understanding, habits, and skills that continue to serve you long after you’ve completed the lessons.

Live and in-person workshops are a wonderful way to learn, and they offer energy, momentum, and inspiration that many artists enjoy. This course was designed to offer something different — depth, clarity, and flexibility — while preserving the strengths of clear demonstration and thoughtful instruction.

In the Painterly Portrait Course, you’ll receive detailed, high-quality video demonstrations that allow you to see every decision unfold at the easel. Unlike a live workshop, you can pause, rewind, and revisit each lesson as many times as you need, giving you the freedom to learn at your own pace and truly absorb the material.

Because this is a self-study course, you’re not limited by schedules, time zones, or missed moments. You can return to specific techniques, exercises, and demonstrations whenever questions arise in your own work — whether that’s tomorrow or years from now.

This course also includes a comprehensive library of supporting resources, including reference photos, exercises, and more than 120 pages of written guides you can reference alongside the videos. Combined with lifetime access, this makes the course a lasting resource rather than a one-time experience.

If you value clear instruction, artist-tested processes, and the ability to learn deeply and revisit material as your skills grow, this course offers advantages that even the best live workshops can’t provide.

Yes — and I don’t say that lightly.

After guiding thousands of artists through this exact fear over many years, I’ve seen again and again that portrait intimidation isn’t about a lack of talent. It’s about not having a clear, painterly approach and the right way to practice.

This course breaks portrait painting into manageable steps that help you build skill and confidence side by side. You’ll learn techniques that release you from perfectionism and help you focus on what truly matters—capturing form, light, and expression with intention rather than anxiety.

As your understanding grows, something important shifts. Portraits stop feeling like technical obstacles and start feeling like creative opportunities. Through guided demonstrations and thoughtfully designed exercises, you’ll develop both the practical tools and the mindset needed to paint portraits that feel alive and expressive.

If portraits have felt intimidating in the past, this course was built to help you move forward with clarity, patience, and trust in the process.

Yes — the course platform was designed to be simple and easy to use, even if you don’t consider yourself “tech savvy.”

Getting started is as straightforward as clicking a link and logging in. Once you’ve saved your username and password, everything you need is clearly organized in one place. Video lessons play with a single click, PDFs are easy to download, and reference photos can be viewed on screen or printed.

You can access the course from a computer, tablet, or phone, and the platform remembers where you left off so you can return at any time. Students from all over the world use the course daily without issue — all you need is an internet connection.

Many students begin feeling unsure about the technology and quickly discover how intuitive it is. And if you ever do need help, our support team is available to assist you. You can focus on learning and painting, not figuring out tech.

No. You receive lifetime access to the self-study Painterly Portrait Course.

You can move through the course at your own pace, revisit lessons whenever you need a refresher, and continue growing as an artist over time. The entire course library—including all video demonstrations, reference materials, and downloadable PDFs—remains available to you anytime.

That’s a fair concern, and it’s something I’ve thought carefully about. That’s why the Painterly Portrait Course is backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

You’ll have immediate access to the course and the opportunity to engage with the material right away. If you complete the coursework and decide within 7 days of enrollment that the course isn’t the right fit for you, simply submit your work and request a refund. You’ll receive a full refund.

Refund requests must be submitted within 7 days of enrollment. Requests made after this period can’t be honored.

The reason I ask that you engage with the coursework is simple: real value comes from doing the work. When artists apply what’s taught in the course, they consistently find it meaningful, practical, and lasting.

My goal is to offer a course that truly serves you, one that provides structure, encouragement, and tools you can use well beyond the first week. If you decide it’s not right for you, that’s okay too. You can enroll knowing the decision is risk-free.

Yes. When you enroll, you receive immediate access to the entire self-study Painterly Portrait Course.

All lessons, demonstrations, exercises, and resources are available from the start, so you can move through the material in the order and at the pace that works best for you. You’re free to focus on what’s most relevant to your current needs, revisit earlier milestones, or spend more time with a particular concept as often as you like.

There’s no release schedule and no deadlines to keep up with—just a clear structure you can return to whenever you’re ready. This course is here to support you, wherever you are in your portrait journey.