Grizzly Bear for Beginners – Oils

In this beginner-level oil painting tutorial, I will show you how to paint a realistic grizzly bear portrait using a simple three-layer oil painting process. 

We will focus on:

• Toning the canvas
• Drawing the outline using a grid
• Understanding a simple earth-tone oil palette
• Blocking in the background and portrait
• Painting long, thick fur and short detailed facial fur
• Blending soft transitions with a mop brush
• Building depth using transparent and opaque paint
• Creating warm and cool colour variations
• Refining the eye, nose and final fur details

This tutorial is ideal for artists who want to learn a simple, structured approach to painting realistic wildlife in oils from start to finish.

The reference image is sourced from Pixabay.com and is royalty free for artists to use.