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The Painterly Portrait Course provides a roadmap that will take you from feeling overwhelmed to overjoyed as you gain new levels of freedom and impact in your work.

You’ll experience a proven plan and techniques that will lead you toward bolder, looser portraits in pastel that express your unique creative voice.

 

Be the first to know when enrollment opens in 2025.

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The Painterly Portrait Course is a great fit for you if:

 

  • You're new to pastel and you want to avoid the pain of wasted time and ineffective methods by getting it right the first time.
  • You've been intimidated with portrait painting for a while now, and you know it's time to break through this fear once and for all. 
  • A more painterly style is what you're after, but perfectionism has been getting in the way making you wonder if you'll ever reach your dream of creating loose, expressive portraits. 
  • You've been looking for a guide and a clear plan to help you accomplish your goal of painting lifelike portraits, and you're willing to put in the work to see breakthrough results.

The Painterly Portrait Course is a great fit for you if:

 

  • You're new to pastel and you want to avoid the pain of wasted time and ineffective methods by getting it right the first time.

 

  • You've been intimidated with portrait painting for a while now, and you know it's time to break through this fear once and for all. 

 

  • A more painterly style is what you're after, but perfectionism has been getting in the way making you wonder if you'll ever reach your dream of creating loose, expressive portraits. 

 

  • You've been looking for a guide and a clear plan to help you accomplish your goal of painting lifelike portraits, and you're willing to put in the work to see breakthrough results.

Alain’s course is extremely well planned, engaging, and valuable for all levels. Alain is very thoughtful and encouraging to each participant and makes every effort to communicate clearly.

I would eagerly suggest Alain’s online workshops to anyone wanting to learn how to use the pastel medium.

 
- Dawn Emerson, PSA

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100's of students have already experienced creative breakthrough in their work.

Here are just a few stories of personal transformation from our recent course alumni.

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Theresa

"Alain is a gentle, kind and reassuring teacher who will challenge and enable you to develop your skills to the next level at your own pace within an encouraging and supportive environment. I had numerous "aha" moments watching the videos where concepts that were just murky in my mind before this course suddenly clicked into place and made sense. I was astounded at the end of the course as I was doing a painting of my son and was quickly able to capture his likeness in one evening, where it used to take me weeks."

 

 

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Sandy

"Get ready for the best, high level, high energy, most informative portrait course ever! It is a course for all levels, and I congratulate you if you are a beginner because you will learn so many good habits. Everything is so well planned and supported. Every detail is covered. Every tool you need is shared, and you learn how to use them. One of the most fantastic things is Alain's generous demonstrations, which are rare to find in a teaching artist. Through this course, your technique will change and improve, and you’ll enjoy the support, safety and feedback of the Facebook group. You can share your work and improve it thanks to comments from Alain and this private group.

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Marilee

"Although I have painted in pastels for over a decade, I was always afraid to tackle portraits. I got the courage to sign up for Alain's course and was rewarded by a more complete understanding of how to not only create a reasonable likeness, but also how to paint the face by adjusting the values. I have much more to learn, but now I have a reliable pathway ahead to keep on learning. Thank you so much! I have wanted to learn how to do this all my life!"

 

 

 

 

Be The First To Know When Enrollment Opens to The Painterly Portrait Course in 2025!

Join the waiting list and get a FREE NuPastel Portrait Palette Color Chart that I've created just for you, to help you select skin tones for lifelike portraits - plus free video lessons and inspiration.

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