Landscape/Plein Air - Art Instruction For Beginners

How to Paint Trees in Watercolor

Learn how to paint trees in watercolor with these free video lessons. These quick exercises from world renowned architectural illustrator and fine art watercolorist Frank M. Costantino demonstrate different watercolor techniques for painting trees. Learn more about Frank and his seminars at www.fmcostantino.com Many beginner watercolor artists have a great deal of trouble with painting […]

Landscape Painting Lesson – How to Render & Simplify Trees

This landscape painting lesson is courtesy of Barry Waldman of Interactive Art School. A Revolutionary Way to Learn to Draw & Paint Student uses a Digital Camera (supplied in your Student Sign Up Kit along with Textbooks & Supplies) to take digital photos of their completed assigned Lesson Artwork for each lesson. The student sends […]

How to Paint Clouds and Skies with Watercolor

Watercolor painting is difficult enough all on its own, but there are some objects that people find particularly difficult to paint. This post will hope to remedy that by teaching you how to paint clouds and skies with watercolor. I found the videos below while searching this topic on YouTube and believe these to be […]

Tuscan Landscape – Acrylic Painting Tutorial By Julie Shoemaker

About Julie I am a self taught artist who has been painting and interested in art all my life. My favorite medium is acrylic due to its versatility. One of my favorite things to do is teach painting to other people. I currently teach classes and we couldn’t have more fun if we tried. It’s […]

How to Draw Clouds & Skies – Landscape Drawing Tutorial

How to Draw Realistic Clouds & Skies – Drawing Tutorial Start by just looking up. Ever since a fellow artist challenged me to include a sky in one of my drawings, I have been keeping my mind in the clouds. I am continually amazed at the beauty of just looking up in the sky! Over […]

Landscape Painting Techniques – Tutorial by Dan Schultz

Enjoy this free step by step tutorial on landscape painting techniques from artist Dan Schultz (see bio and website link at the end of the lesson below). How to Paint a Landscape with Oils – Landscape Painting Techniques Step 1: Prepare to Paint For this 18″ x 24″ studio painting lesson teaching landscape painting techniques, […]

Oil Painting Technique – How To Paint a Leaf Tree With Wilson Bickford

In this oil painting video lesson for beginners, artist Wilson Bickford demonstrates how to paint leaf trees using a 1 inch foliage brush. Starting with a canvas that has been pre-painted with a blue sky, Wilson applies a dark green foliage made up of Sap Green, Ultramarine Blue and just a bit of Burnt Sienna […]

Plein Air Painting with Pastels – City of Rocks

About Jo Jo Knoblock Castillo has always had an interest in art and working with her hands. Whether it was cooking, sewing or making gifts, she was happy to be “doing”. While living in Bolivia, she finally rediscovered her love of painting. Her interest is in landscapes and paintings that have connections to her life. […]