Here are two wonderful watercolor painting videos from artist Vinita Pappas. The purpose of these watercolor lessons is to teach you how to paint using simple, loose and confident brushstrokes. Vinita stresses the importance of practicing your brush strokes. Strong confident brush strokes will create strong confident paintings. Its as simple as that! Confident and […]
Acrylic Painting Techniques – Glazing With Acrylic Paint
When we hear the word Glazing in fine art, many of us will automatically think of Oil Paints. While oil paint is an excellent medium for glazing techniques, they are not the only painting medium that can be used. Acrylic paint can also be used with great effect. Acrylic paints have come a long way […]
Oil Painting Video Lesson – Alla Prima Oil Painting Technique
Alla Prima Oil Painting Technique – A Video Tutorial by Larry Seiler Here is a wonderful oil painting video lesson for beginners by artist Larry Seiler that demonstrates the All Prima Oil Painting Technique. Alla Prima is an Italian word that literally means “At Once”. Its a painting that is completed in one session. This […]
Acrylic Painting Tutorial – How To Paint Hands by Leslie Pease
About The Artist Leslie Pease graduated from UMass Dartmouth with a BFA in illustration, in 1987. After many years of working as a computer graphic artist, she decided to return to her fine art roots. In April, 2002 Leslie began to seriously teach herself how paint. Floundering around for a short while, things started to […]
Soft Focus Watercolor Painting Technique
Here is a very interesting Watercolor Painting Technique video by artist Elizabeth Fluehr. This is a technique that you don’t see often and a somewhat unconventional usage of the Watercolor painting medium. Most of the water that she uses with this technique is for the purpose of wetting the paper and not added to the […]
Acrylic Landscape Painting Demo by Maxim Grunin
Here is another incredible landscape painting demonstration by Artist Maxim Grunin. I am simply blown away by this guys talent. I find it amazing how he can complete these paintings in one session and make them look like they took days or even months to complete. In the video demonstration below, Maxim creates a beautiful […]
The Looser You Get, The More Real It Seems: Watercolor Demonstration
About Debi Watson I showed talent with my drawing from an early age, but my parents discouraged me in the hope ‘that I would pursue something more productive’. I spent much of my adult life working as a operating room nurse, but couldn’t abandon my love for painting. Working long hours and raising two children […]
Painting Lesson – How To Mix an Endless Amount of Greens
You can learn how to mix an endless amount of greens with just a handful of tube colors. You may be asking yourself: “Why would I want or need to mix my own greens when I can just buy tubes of green paint and use those?” It’s true, there are some very nice tubed greens […]
Painting Skin Tones – One Layer at a Time
How to Paint Skin Tones – One Layer at a Time There’s a Zen to painting in layers. You have got to enjoy the process or this isn’t the method for you….(but don’t worry, there are lots of ways to paint a portrait & get a similar result). Personally I like any way that is […]
Oil Portrait Tutorial – Painting of Brittany
Oil Portrait Painting Demo Step by Step – “Brittany” Below is a detailed step by step oil portrait tutorial by the very talented artist Scott Burdick (see bio at the end of the tutorial). I hope you enjoy and find this interesting and educational. Scott has some wonderful instructional videos available for purchase over at […]