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Studio Painting Process Plein Air Studies Landscape Oil Painting by Ellie Wilson

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The Studio Painting Process

🎨 Bridge the gap between quick studies and fully realized studio masterpieces. In this course, Ellie Wilson reveals how she transforms simple plein-air sketches into expansive, award-winning studio paintings. By starting with clarity and simplicity, she demonstrates how to build complexity with purpose — turning rough ideas into refined, gallery-ready works.

You’ll learn how to:

📝 Use value sketches to establish strong, readable foundations
🎨 Create focused color studies that guide your major decisions before committing to the final piece
🖌️ Practice mid-size brushstroke techniques that bring cohesion, texture, and confidence to your painting
🔄 Break the cycle of unfinished studies by developing a clear, repeatable workflow from concept to completion


Perfect for artists who want to elevate their plein-air starts into powerful studio paintings — with a streamlined process that removes the guesswork and unlocks consistent, finished results. 🕒 Runtime: 2+ hours

  • Ellie Wilson

    Instructor

  • Fundamental

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Meet your instructor

Ellie Wilson

Ellie's life as an artist started at a young age and the path to her art career seemed to have happened effortlessly. She was born and raised in the Wasatch Mountains, which instilled in her a passion for nature and beauty. The first time Ellie went Plein Air painting with the mountains surrounding her and a brush in hand she was hooked, and decided to specialize in landscape painting. When she graduated with a BFA, she sold out her solo show and launched into her career as a professional artist. Since then she have been painting tirelessly, working to master a variety of scenes in over 6 states and 18 countries around the world. 

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