About Barbara Barbara A. King is a self-taught artist. Born in Irvington, New Jersey. Barbara took to art as soon as she was able to hold a crayon. Throughout her childhood, Barbara developed an appreciation for her majestic surroundings. She would often sit in tress for hours with pencil and pad, or sit in a […]
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, […]
How to Draw the Female Eye Step by Step
Enjoy this awesome tutorial on how to draw the eye by artist Faith Te (see bio and website link below). How to Draw the Human Eye by Faith Te Here is the first tutorial from Art Studio — a female eye. My method in graphite pencil drawing aims to render subjects as realistically as I […]
How To Paint Flowers in Watercolor
Sometimes watercolor painting outdoors is not always an attractive option. For some of us, it is more convenient and enjoyable to take photographs of our favorite scenes or objects and paint them in the studio. In the following watercolor painting video, Artist Debi Watson shares her techniques for doing just that. First, Debi takes several […]
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 […]
Human Figure Drawing Lessons for Beginners
The following post contains five figure drawing videos by artist Cy Porter. These free drawing and animation tutorials are posted to help promote Cy’s animated films. He hopes you find these videos helpful and please take the time to check out some of his animation work at solomation.com Human Figure Drawing Lesson Part 1: Overview […]
“Pastels for Life” – Pastels Demonstration By Pauline Adair
“Pastels for Life” Author: Pauline Adair – Australian Artist Note: This painting won the Pastel Award at the 2006 Gympie Gold Rush Annual Art Exhibition. Click Images for Larger Views For this Soft Pastel Demonstration I am using a double sheet of Canson Mi Tientes pastel paper, in a warm grey colour. I prefer to […]
Portrait Painting Demonstration By Karin Wells
About Karin Karin Wells is an artist of amazing versatility. She graduated with honors from both the New England School of Art and Design, Boston, 1965, and the Butera School of Art, Boston, 1986. Karin has enjoyed a career as an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator and sign painter. She also taught Life Drawing and Painting […]
Portrait Painting Demonstration – Gwyneth – Part 2
Click Images for Larger Views ==================================================== After I’m done with the acrylic stage (and it is completely dry), I seal the entire canvas with Winsor-Newton’s Liquin. My first layer of oil on the background. I want to create an outdoor scene. As you can see it is messy and moody and neutral. With a paper […]
Portrait Painting Demonstration – Gwyneth – Part 3
Click Images For Larger Views ========================================================== I’m starting to paint “form” into the black vest. I usually deal with black by glazing color over the flat black acrylic paint to give it a jewel tone. When that is dry I add a thin glaze of ivory black and use raw sienna to build light. Inside […]