About Deborah Secor I’m a Christian, a Jesus follower. He gave His life away for the greatest reason possible: so everyone could understand that we can have eternal life. As a follower, I give my life away freely, too, though not like He did (since I’m obviously not God.) My firm belief is that…God showed […]
How to Easily Create your own Beautiful Abstract Painting Step by Step
The following video demonstration will teach you how to create your very own abstract painting easily from scratch. The entire painting is completed in one sitting in about 30 minutes. It’s a wet on wet painting meaning wet paint is applied on top of wet paint. This will allow the colors to mix and interact […]
Mixed Media Art Collage Tutorial
About Kathryn Sturges My art is a direct reflection of memories, experiences, stuff I appreciate and that which I find important in my day to day; kind of like journal entries on canvas, paper and cloth! My art reflects my life like water reflects moonlight. Please visit Kathryn’s Website Below: http://www.foxysweetness.com/ Mixed Media Eco Art […]
Watercolor Painting Demo – “Spirit Animates Eternal Years”
About the Artist I began my watercolor journey in 1975. At that that time, I was a Captain in the United States Air Force and working as an instructor pilot and flight examiner at Altus AFB, OK. It was a change from my previous assignment where I was gone from home, about half of the […]
Painting Techniques of the Masters – Color Banding
Enjoy this free lesson from artist Karin Wells (see bio and website at the end of the lesson) painting techniques of the masters. There were certain effective and beautiful techniques that master painters from the past used again and again in their paintings and artist Karin Wells would like to teach you one of them […]
Watercolor Painting Demonstration – Winter Ice, Potomac River
A Virginia Artist – Creating Award Winning Art In Oil and Watercolor CHRISTINE LASHLEY — ARTIST’S STATEMENT: As a contemporary impressionist painter, I am constantly drawn to light. Nature’s unique colors, harmonies and contrasts offer a visual feast that I love to capture in artwork. I gather most of my ideas by painting outdoors. On location […]
Underpainting Tutorial – Oil Painting Demonstration Spring Flowers
About the Artist Jim Serrett holds degrees from Southern Illinois University and Vincennes University in painting and drawing. He has been an instructor at the college level and worked professionally as an artist producing advertising art, murals and illustration. “I would define my works as realism, because I am interested in depicting the subjects I […]
Watercolour Tutorial Step by Step – “Shutters”
Enjoy this watercolour tutorial step by step by artist John Fisher. This is another of a series of free watercolour demonstrations I’ll be posting in the months ahead. These are lengthy and detailed and show how I strive to achieve a high degree of realism in my work. Step 1 Credit for this beautiful photograph […]
Drawing a Portrait with Charcoal Step by Step
This demo will specifically address the challenges of representational life drawing.
How to build your own Pochade Box
How to Make a Pochade Box Step by Step One of the things I’ve always enjoyed as an artist was the craftsmanship involved. If it’s either building my own stretchers, prepping canvas, customizing equipment for the studio, or just preparing panels for future work, it is great way to kill down time between painting projects. […]