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BRAND NEW SELF GUIDED VIDEO COURSE

Discover How Bouguereau Built Light, Flesh, and Form

Bouguereau’s magic came from structure, discipline, and materials, not mystery. This course brings his process back, layer by layer.

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What you’ll learn  

  • The Academic Foundation: Learn how Bouguereau structured drawings and transferred them with precision. 
  • Flesh & Form: Master luminous skin tones through simple layering, glazing, and subtle value control. 
  • Mediums & Materials: How much do mediums matter and which materials make the biggest difference? You’ll learn exactly what works and how the right setup can transform the way your paint behaves. 
  • Controlled Edges & Light: Study how to create softness and stop over-modelling.

Through this course you will learn how to paint intensely subtle skin tones.

 

Why Study Bouguereau

Bouguereau represents the peak of academic craftsmanship, not just technical skill, but sensitivity and elevated thought.
 

Copying him isn’t about imitation; it’s about reconstruction. You’re tracing a line back to the foundations of great painting - learning why it worked, not just how it looked.

In studying him with me, you’ll sharpen your DRAWING powers, uncover the power of VALUES in ways you’ve likely never imagined.


 
It’s one of the fastest ways to improve your eye, join the journey today!

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Course Outline

Introduction: Theory and Process (3:52)
Drawing Companion PDF
The Preparatory Drawing - Cartoon (27:24)
Brushes (4:29)
Oil Mediums (8:47)
Paints (5:22)
Canvas (1:51)
Canvas Preparation (10:40)
Transferring and Inking (3:08)
The Ebauche (29:00)

Glazes and Scumble (18:54)

First Pass - Session 1 (48:45)

First Pass - Session 2 (46:51)
Finalizing - Session 1 (26:24)
Finalizing - Session 2 (22:06)
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Meet Your Instructor 

Ben Valentine

Painter and educator Ben Valentine has spent years studying the great masters of the past - from Rembrandt’s methods to Bouguereau’s drawing and values - translating classical methods for today’s artist.

His workshops and courses help painters slow down, see better, and rediscover the craft behind beauty.