Realistic Oil Painting: A CONTEMPORARY GUIDE TO REALISTIC OIL PAINTING, UNDERPAINTINGS, LAYERING AND DIRECT PAINTING METHODS FOR BEGINNERS

MATE ART (Jan Matejak) focuses on teaching and painting oil paintings in the layered technique of the Old Flemish Masters and their direct painting methods. He specializes mainly in Renaissance layered techniques and the study of the technical aspects of the techniques of the Old Masters.

His aim is not only to rediscover the qualities, skills, and knowledge of the old masters, but above all to pass on this knowledge and skill across regions, countries, and continents to people who, like him, once had the desire to paint a classical work.

Driven by an inner urge, he created and runs websites on his own initiative, where not only teaching texts but also PDF files with teaching videos are available free of charge. Thanks to this philanthropic approach, anyone interested in this art can not only learn the basics of these skills, but above all avoid the transgressions, mistakes, and dead ends inherent in all beginnings.