Paint Coach Chris Fornataro

Mastering Landscape Painting: Simplify Your Approach

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Mastering Portraits: Transform Your Painting Approach

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Mastering Portraits: Key Tips for Artists

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Most painters make this mistake right from the start. They try to capture everything they see instead of focusing on what actually matters. Painting gets so much easier when you learn to see big shapes, simplify values, and focus on what’s important. 🎨 Comment Studio below and I’ll DM you a link to try PaintCoach Studio free for 7 days. #paintingprocess #artlesson #paintingtips #oilpainting #arteducation

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Every month inside Paint Coach Studio I share a studio journal for my Advanced Student tier where I document my personal journey as a painter and what I’m currently learning and thinking about in the studio. This month I thought it would be fun and honestly really useful to go through older paintings that I don’t love and talk through why they don’t work. What I’ve noticed over time is that students often get more out of seeing my not so great paintings than the finished ones. It helps to see ho

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Paint Realistic Fur: Simple Pet Portrait Technique

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In my opinion, the most important part of portrait painting is drawing. My biggest breakthrough came after struggling through an open studio session painting from a live model. I kept erasing and scrubbing out my initial drawing because I just couldn’t get it right. As frustrating as it was, it made something very clear. I needed to seriously focus on improving my drawing. Once I did that, my portraits improved faster than they ever had before. Not because I added more detail, but because I lear

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#foryou #paintingbrushes #arttools #oilpaintingart #beginnerartist

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "This is my latest 30min painting tutorial on Patreon. It’s amazing how much you can convey in a short amount of time when you know what to focus on."

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Master Landscape Painting Techniques in 101 Course

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "This might be the best first painting for beginner oil painters. The tutorial breaks everything down into simple shapes so you can quickly learn how to stack shapes, create form, and build a strong foundation. It gives you an early win and the confidence to keep going. You will practice drawing, color, value, and edges in a clear and easy way that actually makes painting fun. #oilpaintingforbeginners #learntopaint #beginnerpainting #portraitpainting #

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The whole key to this is the idea that landscape painting is about translating and not copying. That means you have to change things in the scene which means you have to test out those changes. Working small like this helps me save time trying out these tests. I use oils on kraft paper in a journal I got from @adventureofpainting #oilpainting #paintcoach #arteducation #paintingprocess

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "Here’s how I create an oil painting in one sitting without ending up with a muddy mess. Let’s break it down: 1. Big to Small: I always start by focusing on the major shapes. This means blocking out the large, simple forms first before diving into the smaller details. To make this easier, I squint my eyes and concentrate on the big masses I can see. This allows me to capture the essence of the painting without getting tangled in the minutiae too soon.

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "Not having enough time to paint really is not a good excuse. In this video I show you exactly how I completed an entire painting in just 30 minutes. It was not because I rushed or cut corners. It is simply because I understand the fundamentals. When you truly know drawing, color, value, composition, and edges even the shortest painting sessions become meaningful and productive. You stop wasting time guessing and you start making confident decisions th

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "The more I paint the more I realize it is not about technique. It is about how you see. One of the most valuable skills you can build as a painter is learning to compare values. That means not just spotting the lightest light and the darkest dark, but also everything in between and how those values relate to each other. A lot of students struggle here. Their paintings end up looking like black and white cutouts. Either really dark or really light with

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "The main lesson in this one was how I started the painting. I figured out one small area to help me key in everything else. Watch the full tutorial on Patreon! www.Patreon.com/paintcoach #paintcoach #learnoilpainting #paintingvideo #youtubeartist #patreonartist #oilpainting #painteveryday #brushstrokes #oilpaintingvideo #oiloncanvas #beachpainting #landscapepainting #oilpaintingtechniques #🎨 #paintinglessons"

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "Portrait painting gets a lot easier when you know what is important. This half hour exercise tutorial from my Patreon proves that you probably need less than you think to communicate a face. What’s Important: . Light and shadow - identify the light and shadow families in the face . Overall form - build the form before adding features . Planes of the face - study the Asaro head . Structure of the features - learn the common structure of all the feature

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "I just activated this bonus painting demo to my course along with the exercise that goes with it. So now the course has two portrait options the student can choose or do both for more practice. Use coupon code THICKPAINT for $20 off (link in bio)Go get painting! #paintcoach #portraitpainting #learntodraw #paintpaintpaint #brushstrokes #timelapse #timelapsepainting #paintingvideo #paintingtutorial #inside1911 #artistoninstagram #painter #🎨"

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) | Stop wasting money on dozens of brushes and start mastering oil painting with just a few. When I first started, I was overwhelmed by all... | Instagram

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "Come paint some healthy fats with me on Patreon! For $28 a month you get access to this tutorial and over 200 others! You also can share your work in the Paint Coach Patrons private Facebook page that now has over 800 members! (Link in bio) #oilpainting #patreonartist #paintingtutorial #paintingvideo #avocado #stilllifepainting #timelapseart #paintpaintpaint #artistsupportartists #painteveryday #paintcoach #inside1911 #youtubeartist #learntopaint #oil

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Landscape. Training with Chris Fornataro, the Paint Coach! #paint #art

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) | If you change one thing in your next portrait painting make it this. Break the face into just two groups. Light and shadow. This simple... | Instagram

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "Most people learn portraits the hard way… and waste YEARS doing it. If I had to start over from scratch, here’s what I’d do instead: 1️⃣ DRAW like your life depends on it. I thought I was good—until a live model session exposed me. Fixing my drawing skills was the #1 thing that leveled up my portraits. It’s the foundation everything else is built on. 2️⃣ PICK ONE TEACHER and shut out the rest. I used to jump from instructor to instructor… new method,

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) | Do not quit painting. You are not stuck. You just need a few quick wins to build momentum and confidence. That is why I created Painting... | Instagram

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) | I’ve been painting portraits for over fifteen years, and I can tell you the biggest mistake almost every student makes. They try to learn... | Instagram

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "Paint big first. That single habit makes every other brushstroke easier. When the major shapes and values read loud and clear, the rest of the session flows instead of fighting you. Take hands: I don’t start by outlining ten tiny knuckles. I block the hand into three paddle-shaped masses and match each paddle’s average color and value. Once those blocks feel right, I carve the fingers by painting the background around them. Using negative space keeps

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Working through an online portrait painting course by Chris Fornataro from Paint Coach.

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "When I first picked up oils I kept hopping from one “sure‑fire” method to the next. I'd start with a dark wash one day, jump straight to the focal point the next, try an underpainting the week after. It felt fresh, so I thought I was moving forward, but really I was just taking sideways steps and resetting the learning curve every time. The biggest jump in my work happened when I chose one approach—blocking everything in with big, flat shapes and used

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "Portrait painting gets a lot easier when you change the way you see. Some of my biggest breakthroughs came from doing specific exercises that train my eye to see shapes and color instead of details. In this exercise, I lit one side of my face with a blue light and the other with a warm light to clearly show the planes of the face and the color shifts across them. I also blurred the photo on purpose so I could only focus on simple shapes and form, not

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Chris Fornataro (Paint Coach) on Instagram: "I do not know of a more helpful tool for learning how to paint portraits than a planes of the head model. This one was created by the artist John Asaro, and I use it all the time. I have tried apps, photos, and diagrams, but none of them compare to having the model in your hands under a real light. Being able to see how the planes of the head actually turn in space makes a huge difference in understanding form. For a long time, I thought I could avoid

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