About Jon Friedman Jon R. Friedman was born in 1947 in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Princeton University with Bachelor of Arts Degree and received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Cranbrook Art Academy located in Michigan. Jon R. Friedman paints landscapes, figure paintings, and commissioned portraits. He also creates assemblages and constructions and […]
Red Wharf Bay Painting Tutorial in Acrylics
I found a great step by step acrylic painting tutorial on YouTube created by the very talented Artist and Instructor Bob Davies. Bob has a number of free excellent demonstrations, tips and tutorial on his YouTube page, so be sure to head on over after viewing this lesson. Red Wharf Bay Painting Tutorial by Bob Davies […]
Painting an Oil Portrait – Video Demonstration
Learn how to paint a portrait in oils with this free step by step video demonstration by Artist Irv Rudley. This is a two part video lesson that is approximately 15 minutes in length. Visit Irv’s YouTube page for more portrait painting demonstrations Visit Irv’s Website Here Part 1 Irv is working from a […]
Blick Presents: Winsor & Newton Liquin Mediums
In the following video demonstration, the folks over at Dick Blick Art Materials discuss the popular oil painting medium from Winsor & Newton called “Liquin”. Liquin is an alkyd based medium that has been formulated for use with oil paints. The Liquin alkyd mediums are made by treating a natural oil like Linseed Oil with […]
Watercolor Lesson – The Control of Water in Watercolour
About Arnold Arnold Lowrey has been painting for 36 years. He has regular exhibitions of his paintings in the South Wales area and has had work accepted and exhibited in the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. He has won several prizes for his paintings in a number […]
Acrylic Image Transfer Techniques & Tutorials
The following post contains a number of excellent resources including videos and web pages that will teach you the process of acrylic image transfer, also known as acrylic gel transfer. There are a number of different methods for transferring images to a canvas or other support. In this post however, we will focus on tutorials […]
Painting the Breaking Wave – Oil Painting Wave Techniques
About Byron Pickering The path to the beach was well worn in l971 when Byron Pickering made his home on the Oregon Coast. It seemed ordained that he would meet with this rugged coastline and its ever-changing surf. As a child growing up among the lakes of Wisconsin, he found it was the water and […]
Watercolor Painting Tutorial – Abstracting the Shapes, Simplifying the Message
About Steve Fleming Good art is the result of hard work and dedication. It only happens when the artist finds his or her own story to tell and then learns to do so with his or her own unique language. I am an artist who works in watercolor and acrylic, and I teach both for […]
Step by Step Acrylic Painting Video Tutorial
Here is an excellent step by step acrylic painting tutorial that I found on YouTube the other day. It is by a very talented Artist by the name of Adam Maslowski. I am happy I stumbled upon this Artist and I am sure you will be too once you finish watching the following video. What […]
Watercolor Painting Landscape Techniques- Painting those Light-Filled Days
Enjoy this wonderful free lesson that teaches important watercolor painting landscape techniques and how to create paintings that give the illusion of being bathed in beautiful sunlight! Painting those Light-Filled Days – Watercolor Painting Landscape Techniques by Steve Fleming One of the most wonderful subjects you’ll ever find to paint in watercolor is the landscape […]