Joan Eroncel of Anatolia summarizes,

This man creates his art using his own methods – he has never had anyone next to him encouraging him or describing a method to use. As a child, Esref wasn’t allowed to go to school or to go outside to play with the other children, so he would pick up a nail and try to draw shapes on the cardboard boxes his father brought home from work. Eventually, he thought that he would try to draw the shapes of various objects that he was acquainted with. It soon grew into a passion for him. As he learned the names of the colors, he also learned what objects they went with. He devised a system for keeping his colors separate and he started drawing and painting.

Esref Armagan

From Esret’s biography,

He needs absolute quite when working. First, using a Braille stylus, he etches an outline of his drawing. He needs to feel that he is “inside” his painting– in fact, when he is drawing a picture of the sea, he often wonders if he should wear a life jacket so as not drown! When he is satisfied with his drawing, he starts to apply the oils with his fingers.

Because he applies only one color at a time (the colors would smear otherwise), he must wait two or three days for the color to dry before applying the next color. This method of painting is entirely unique to Mr. Armagan. He receives no assistance or training from any individual. He also learned to draw perspective.