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This course is for any painter wanting to strengthen or build on the fundamental elements of painting.  This in depth and step-by-step  online course is developed to give you a strong grounding and understanding of the important properties it takes to build a painting and create the illusion of light and form.

An online course teaching the fundamentals of painting.

Study painting online at your own pace - start today!

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Fundamentals with Kami Mendlik

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An artist in a dark-colored shirt, wearing glasses and an apron, paints on a canvas in an art studio. The studio has framed landscape paintings on the wall, and art supplies on a nearby table.
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