Enjoy this free step by step acrylic portrait painting tutorial from artist Christopher Vasil! Using A Limited Palette and A Four Value Underpainting A quick acrylic portrait painting tutorial showing a relatively painless approach to portraits using a limited palette and a four value underpainting. Finished Painting: For the reference I used a free picture […]
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Acrylic Painting Layering Techniques – Tutorial by Brandi Deziel
About Brandi Brandi Deziel is a self-taught photorealism painter living and working in Toronto. She creates the illusion of a photograph by layering crisp images with soft, blurred backgrounds and foregrounds thus shifting the attention to the focal object and deceiving the eye. Her work is included in private collections world-wide. Visit Brandi’s Website Here […]
Fantasy Drawing Tutorial by Ed Beard Jr.
In this 5 part video drawing tutorial, Artist Ed Beard Jr. takes you step by step through his process of drawing a fantasy scene from memory using no reference material at all. Ed says this is possible because of his years of studying anatomy and other subjects. To learn more about Ed, to see more […]
How to Paint a Portrait in Oil from a Photo
About The Artist Chris Saper has painted commissioned portraits for fifteen years, following a seventeen-year career as a health care executive in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition to her painting schedule, she is an active portrait instructor, teaching both portrait painting and business skills. Chris is the author of Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color and […]
Egg Tempera Painting Demonstration
About Dennis Harper In addition to working as an artist, Dennis Harper is Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. Formerly Curator of Exhibitions at the Georgia Museum of Art, Harper served as curatorial advisor for Georgia for the National Museum of Women in the […]
How to Paint Water and Sky in Oils
About Jon Friedman Jon R. Friedman was born in 1947 in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Princeton University with Bachelor of Arts Degree and received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Cranbrook Art Academy located in Michigan. Jon R. Friedman paints landscapes, figure paintings, and commissioned portraits. He also creates assemblages and constructions and […]
Pastel Painting Tutorial of a Tiger Step by Step
About Eric Wilson Eric Wilson has established himself as one of Britain’s leading wildlife artists, a multi-award winner whose paintings are now widely collected throughout the world. His artistic ability was evident from his earliest schooldays; “Eric has an artistic talent way beyond his years” wrote his art teacher in 1967. As a child of […]
Blick Presents: Winsor & Newton Liquin Mediums
In the following video demonstration, the folks over at Dick Blick Art Materials discuss the popular oil painting medium from Winsor & Newton called “Liquin”. Liquin is an alkyd based medium that has been formulated for use with oil paints. The Liquin alkyd mediums are made by treating a natural oil like Linseed Oil with […]
Painting the Breaking Wave – Oil Painting Wave Techniques
About Byron Pickering The path to the beach was well worn in l971 when Byron Pickering made his home on the Oregon Coast. It seemed ordained that he would meet with this rugged coastline and its ever-changing surf. As a child growing up among the lakes of Wisconsin, he found it was the water and […]
Drawing Trees with Pen and Ink by Vincent Whitehead
About Vincent Whitehead My life has been influenced over the years by many things. First is my fundamental belief in God and second my family and the rural up-bringing that I have had. These two basic values have guided me and given me a love for nature, history, and the country life style. I have […]