Learn to Draw People- Realistic Portrait Drawing Tutorial
Artist Spotlite – Maya Engelmohr
Name: Maya Engelmohr
Location: Velddrif, Cape West Coast, South Africa
Artist Spotlite – Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey
Name: Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey
Title: The Heart of Katapor Village
Acrylic Painting Tips & Techniques For Beginners
Acrylic paint, when compared with other mediums like oil paint, is a fairly new addition to the world of painting. It has only been around since the 1950’s . It has been continually under development and refinement since that time. Just because acrylic paint has not been around as long as oils, does not make these paints less important or enjoyable.
Landscape Painting Tutorial – Painting Clouds
One of the more difficult things to accomplish in landscape painting is creating realistic clouds. If you learn the right techniques and apply them correctly, painting clouds is actually quite easy as the following 
landscape painting tutorial will demonstrate. Grab some fresh paint, a new canvas, some clean brushes and try out the following tutorial. Don’t get discouraged if you aren’t able to create realistic clouds at first. Keep practicing and eventually it will become second nature. Enjoy! Read more
Acrylic Painting Technique – Using Alcohol with Acrylic Paints
I found this really cool video on YouTube today from artist Howard L. Cowdrick. He demonstrates a fascinating 
acrylic painting technique using alcohol. It is a very interesting way to work with acrylics. I know many artists get somewhat bored sometimes and are looking for ideas to breathe new life into their work and I hope this video helps inspire you!
You Asked – Paint Realistic Water in Watercolor?
Today’s question comes from Winifred:
“Can anyone tell me how to paint realistic moving water in watercolour?”
Watercolor Painting Lesson – How To Paint With 4 Pigments
About Cyrille
Once upon a time … August 96, weary of the ordinary pleasures of the seaside, I left my wife and children playing on the beach and went to write a few letters to our friends in France. My children’s felt pens were lying on the table, so I used them to sketch a few scattered scenes to illustrate my letters. I sent out about 20 letters. Back home, at the end of the holidays, I received a very enthusiastic phone call : “your letter was great and we absolutely loved your drawings ! You should become an artist”. In the space of a few days, I received 18 identical phone calls. Eighteen ! That’s a lot !
Drawing Lesson – A Theory of Light and Shade
About the Artist
Sheri Lynn Boyer Doty – Biography 2007
Drawing the Human Figure – How to Get Started
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