In this Plein Air Painting Demonstration done with acrylics, Roger Bansemer takes us on a journey to Arizona’s Wupatki National Monument, located near Flagstaff. This site is a collection of very old ruins that spreads across many miles of desert.  All of the pueblos within this area were built by the Anasazi and Sinagua Indians over 800 yrs ago. This site is wonderfully preserved and an excellent subject for painting. Included in this video is an interesting interview done by Roger’s Wife Sarah with a member of the Hopi nation about his heritage. Enjoy

Painting with Roger Bansemer – “Wupatki Pueblo” from Roger Bansemer on Vimeo.

Here is another great episode of Karrie on Canvas presented to you by “Jones Television -- Channel 22″. Jones Television-Channel 22 is a twenty-four hour, non-profit, commercial-free station cable-cast in Northwest Arkansas. Established by the Harvey and Bernice Jones Trust in 1996, the station broadcasts community and educational information with a reach of more than 150,000 households in Benton and Washington counties. Through generous support from Cox Communications, Inc., Jones Television is uniquely positioned to offer niche programming featuring the people, places and events that make up the rich tapestry of Northwest Arkansas. You can learn more about them by either visiting their YouTube Page or their Website.

Back to the video.  This is an acrylic painting demonstration by artist Karrie Evenson.  If you are a fan of acrylic painting and trying something new and different, then this video is for you.  Karrie has a very unique style of painting that you are sure to find refreshing and enjoyable.

If you only learn one thing from Karrie, it would be to just let go and don’t be afraid to try new things.  One of the biggest problems beginners face is the fear of wasting paint or of producing an ugly painting.  If you are constantly fearful and holding back with your painting, you will never get any better.

Enjoy the video and if you would like to learn more about Karrie and view more of her work, be sure to visit her website as soon as you can:

http://www.karrieevensonart.com

Below is an excellent step by step oil painting video lesson by the very talented Debra Bryant.  I found the following oil painting demonstration on the video sharing site Ustream.tv.  This is a very long demo with over 3 hours of footage. So grab your favorite beverage or snack, sit back relax and be prepared to learn something new.

In this oil painting lesson, Debra shares her oil painting techniques for creating a beautiful landscape painting from a photo.  She begins her painting by first toning her canvas with purple so that this color will show through the final painting in spots.

She demonstrates her techniques for creating a convincing sky and clouds. One key technique that she points out in the video for doing this is to make the sky more green near the horizon. To make realistic looking clouds, she mixes reds and yellows into white.  Also, when clouds near the horizon, they become narrower and  more gray.  These are just some of the awesome techniques you will learn in this video.  Enjoy!

Follow this link to visit Debra’s Ustream Profile for more awesome Painting Demonstrations.

Follow this link to visit Debra’s Blog.

Florida Landscape Part 1

Florida Landscape Part 2

Florida Landscape Part 3

In this step by step portrait painting demonstration, David R. Darrow, aka “Dave The Painting Guy” talks about how he paints a portrait with oil paint.  He talks about how he sets up his canvas, the paints on his palette, special medium that he uses, how he sketches out the portrait and more. I learned a great deal about portrait painting by watching this video.  One of the key points that I learned from this video is to keep the cheek and nose area redder than the rest of the face, while keeping the forehead and chin a bit more yellow. Check out the video below to learn more…

David is a really talented artist. I visited his website to check out some of his painting and was quite impressed with his work and I know you will be too.  You can visit his site by following this link.

David also hosts live painting session on a site called Ustream.   If you have time, you should definitely set aside some time  to attend one of his live workshops.  Don’t worry if you miss one though.  You can watch some of the recorded workshops there as well.  Follow this link to visit David’s Ustream Page.

Learn how to stretch your own canvas with this free art lesson.  In the following 20+ minute video, Artist Joe DiGiulio demonstrates how he stretches a double primed linen canvas.  Joe shares all of his tips on how to create the perfect surface for your next painting.  He explains all of the supplies and tools that will you need to do everything on your own.  I know stretching your own canvas seems intimidating, but it really isn’t that difficult and you will save money in the long run.  I hope you find this video art lesson helpful.

A big thanks to Joe for creating this video lesson.  You can learn more about Joe by visiting his website here.