Lessons By Subject - Art Instruction For Beginners

How to Draw Faces Easy Step by Step

Learn how to draw faces easy step by step with the following instructional drawing lessons created by experienced artists. How to Draw Faces Learn how to draw faces step by step from scratch. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to draw male and female faces. I’ll also demonstrate how to transform your characters by making […]

Watercolor Plein Air Painting Demo

Plein air painting – How it’s done. A watercolor demo of an English village street scene Here I am again, out and about in Laycock, a very pretty village in the UK. I’m using my cheap Bodycam (it’s about 40 USD) to film this, so apologies for any imperfections in the video quality. Please give […]

Palette Knife Portrait Painting Tutorial for beginners

In this post we will share an awesome step-by-step palette knife portrait painting tutorial from artist Sergey Gusey . I highly recommend you subscribe to his youtube channel here as he has awesome instructional content. One thing that needs explaining before you read further: While you can absolutely paint with a palette knife, and many […]

How to Paint Quick and Easy Watercolor Flowers

Enjoy this wonderful tutorial that teaches you how to paint quick and easy watercolor flowers. PAINT IN 10 MINUTES: Easy Watercolor Florals Border Hello! I hope you guys enjoyed this easy tutorial. Do tag me on instagram if you were able to paint something like this. Happy painting! 🙂 Visit the artist’s youtube channel here. […]

oil painting portraits from photos

Below we learn about oil painting portraits from photos through the work of three very talented portrait painting artists. There is definitely some disagreement amongst artists as to whether or not painting from a photograph is helpful or detrimental to your progress. Many say the best reference is a live model while others are perfectly […]

Plein Air Watercolor Painting Tutorials

Welcome artist! Below are a few plein air watercolor painting tutorials that I hope will inspire you to go outdoors and paint! Enjoy! Watercolor Painting at Red Rocks ? Advice for Self Taught and Anxious Artists Here are two full-length paintings at Red Rocks, Colorado. I wanted to discuss the issues I feel and see […]

Loose Watercolor Portrait Tutorial

Learn how to paint beautiful and expressive watercolor portraits with the following loose watercolor portrait tutorials. Wet-on-wet Loose Watercolor Portrait Painting Process Process video of how I painted this girl using Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors and Escoda brushes. I employed a very loose wet-on-wet technique so the effect is Impressionistic. The entire process including pencil […]

How to Paint Mountains with Acrylics

Learn how to paint mountains with acrylics by watching this free step by step acrylic painting series by artist Duong Tieng. Visit the artist’s youtube channel here. Paint Mountains with Acrylics Lesson 1 The colors used for this lesson are: White, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, Black, Cerulean Blue and Violet. To begin, the artist sketches […]

Simple Watercolour Landscape Painting Tutorial for Beginners

Below is a Simple Watercolour Landscape Painting Tutorial created by artist Angela Fehr. Scroll down below to see the lesson in its entirety. Paint a Simple One Layer Watercolour Landscape Painting: Irish Hillside Below is another great lesson from Angela where you will learn how to paint a simple watercolour landcape using only one layers. […]

How to Paint a Sunset with Acrylics Step by Step

Is there anything more beautiful than a sunset? Isn’t it only natural as artists that we would want to capture something as beautiful and precious as the setting sun in our artwork? I think so, that is why one of the first things many beginners want to learn is how to paint a sunset with […]