Provenance
Every masterclass comes with one.
Watch real paintings come to life — from blank canvas to finished piece. Learn every brushstroke, every decision, every technique.
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Most art courses are performed for a camera. Provenance is different. Every masterclass begins with a real painting — not a rehearsal, not a demo. Werner paints a genuine, sellable work from blank canvas to finished piece, and every single brushstroke is captured.
A multi-camera rig records the entire process in high-resolution stop-motion stills, while a lapel mic captures Werner’s real-time commentary — the decisions, the doubts, the breakthroughs. The raw footage is then meticulously structured into a complete, chaptered course with professional narration, detailed technique breakdowns, colour palette analysis, and comprehensive material lists.
The result is an art education experience that feels honest and unscripted, because it is. You’re not watching someone teach — you’re watching someone create. And then you’re given everything you need to do it yourself.
The Studio Setup
Professional-grade capture, every session
Overhead Camera Rig
A fixed overhead camera captures consistent, high-resolution stills every few seconds — producing thousands of frames per painting session. Every mark on the canvas is documented.
Close-Up Detail Camera
A second angle captures brush technique in intimate detail — the way paint loads onto the bristle, the pressure of each stroke, the subtle wrist movements that define Werner’s style.
Live Artist Commentary
A lapel mic records Werner’s unfiltered thoughts as he works — why he chose that colour, what he’s seeing in the reference, when he knows a passage is working. Raw, honest, invaluable.
Session Metadata
Every session is logged: materials used, exact colour mixes, reference images, surface preparation, drying times, and environmental notes. Nothing is left to guesswork.
How It Works
From studio to screen
The Artist Paints
Werner creates a genuine painting — a real commission or gallery piece, not a performance. The work is authentic because it was never made to be a lesson. It just happens to become one.
Every Stroke Captured
Multi-camera rigs record high-resolution stills of every moment. Live audio captures the artist’s real-time decisions. Every colour mix is documented, every material logged.
Structured into Chapters
The footage is segmented into logical phases — composition, underpainting, colour blocking, detail work, finishing — each becoming a self-contained lesson with polished narration.
You Learn & Collect
Study frame-by-frame at your own pace. Download technique cards, supply lists, and colour palettes. When the original sells, the buyer owns both the painting and its documented story.
Inside Every Masterclass
Each course is a complete education built around one real painting
Structured Video Chapters
Each painting is broken down into distinct phases: initial sketch and composition, tonal underpainting, colour blocking and value mapping, rendering and detail work, and final refinements. Every chapter is a standalone lesson you can revisit independently.
High-Res Stop-Motion Frames
Step through the painting frame by frame at your own pace. Unlike video, you can freeze on any single brushstroke, zoom in, and study exactly what changed between one frame and the next. This is a level of detail that traditional video tutorials simply cannot offer.
Full Artist Narration
Werner’s raw studio commentary is transcribed, refined, and woven into polished voiceover that guides you through every decision — why this colour and not that one, when to push a passage further, when to leave it alone. You hear the thinking behind the painting.
Technique Cards
Downloadable reference cards for every technique used: wet-on-wet blending, dry brush texture, palette knife work, glazing, scumbling, impasto. Each card includes the timestamp where the technique appears, so you can jump straight to it.
Colour Palette Breakdown
The exact colour palette for each painting, documented with precision: paint brand, colour name, mixing ratios, and the order in which colours were laid down. Includes a printable palette sheet you can take to your easel.
Complete Supply List
Every material Werner used — brushes, paints, mediums, surfaces, solvents — listed with specific brands and alternatives at different price points. No guessing what you need. Walk into the art store with a complete shopping list.
Printable Reference Sheets
Composition grids, value studies, and reference image breakdowns you can print and pin beside your canvas. Includes annotated diagrams showing Werner’s sight-size measurements, proportional guidelines, and tonal mapping.
Practice Exercises
Guided exercises that isolate key techniques from each masterclass. Before you attempt the full painting, you’ll work through focused drills — mixing specific flesh tones, blocking in a value study, rendering a single eye — building skill and confidence step by step.
Your Learning Workspace
Provenance isn’t just video. It’s a purpose-built learning environment designed for painters.
- Bookmark your progress — pick up exactly where you left off across any device
- Personal notes — annotate alongside the video, tied to specific timestamps and chapters
- Saved technique cards — build your own personal reference library from across all masterclasses
- Frame-by-frame scrubbing — step through individual stills, zoom in to study brush marks at full resolution
- Difficulty ratings — each masterclass is rated so you can match courses to your skill level
- Chapter navigation — jump to any phase of the painting instantly
- Offline downloads — take supply lists, palette sheets, and reference materials to the studio without needing a screen
A Library That Grows
Browse by style, medium, technique, or difficulty
One painting a week. Every painting becomes a masterclass. The library compounds — your subscription gets more valuable every single month.
Why Provenance
Real Paintings, Not Demos
Every masterclass produces a unique, sellable original. What you watch being created is genuine art, not a staged tutorial. The stakes are real, and you can feel it.
Frame-by-Frame Control
Stop-motion capture lets you step through every brushstroke. Pause, rewind, zoom in, and study technique at a level of granularity that video can’t match. See exactly what changed between any two frames.
Complete Course Materials
You don’t just watch — you receive technique cards, supply lists, colour palettes, practice exercises, reference sheets, and narrated chapter guides. Everything you need to paint along or study independently.
Paint Together
Provenance isn’t just courses — it’s a community of painters learning and growing together.
- Student Gallery — post your attempt at the same painting and get feedback from fellow students
- Live Paint-Along Sessions — join Werner as he paints live, follow along in real time, and ask questions as the masterclass unfolds
- Critique Sessions — premium members submit work for personalised feedback
- Community Forum — discuss techniques, share materials, troubleshoot problems, and connect with painters at every level
Student Attempt
Original
Membership
Choose how you want to learn
Individual Masterclass
- Full chaptered video course
- Frame-by-frame stop-motion viewer
- Artist narration & commentary
- Technique cards for that painting
- Supply list & colour palette
- Printable reference sheets
- Practice exercises
- Lifetime access to that course
Full Library
- Access to every masterclass
- New courses added weekly
- All technique cards & materials
- Frame-by-frame viewer on all courses
- Student workspace with bookmarks & notes
- Community gallery access
- Downloadable reference packs
- Practice exercises for every course
- Timelapse social edits
Collector’s Circle
- Everything in Full Library
- Monthly live critique sessions with Werner
- Priority access to original painting sales
- Live paint-along events
- Private community & Q&A
- Early access to new masterclasses
- Curated supply kit recommendations
- Certificate of completion
Own the Painting.
Own the Story.
Every Provenance painting is a real, original work of art — and it’s for sale. When a painting sells, the buyer doesn’t just take home art. They receive a Certificate of Provenance linking to the complete masterclass documenting its creation.
“I own the painting from Masterclass #14” becomes a story worth telling. The provenance of the work is no longer just a line in a catalogue — it’s a full, watchable journey from blank canvas to finished piece. Every brushstroke documented. Every decision explained.
For collectors, this is a new kind of value: total transparency into the making of the work you own. For students, it’s the most honest art education that exists — you’re learning from a painting that mattered enough to be sold.
Prints and merchandise from the masterclass paintings are also available — own a piece of the collection without the gallery price tag.
Follow the Journey
Mesmerising timelapse edits from every masterclass, built for sharing
Get Early Access
Be among the first to experience Provenance when we launch. Early members lock in founding-member pricing for life.
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