Art Instruction Videos
This page lists all the free art instruction videos and lessons available on the site... for ease of reference.
While video is the best medium to teach art (other than in person), be sure to read the step-by-step tutorials in the area of the site that interests you most (i.e. watercolor painting or pencil drawing).
These mini-guides will help to lay the foundations upon which more specific art techniques can be built.
My aim is to add one new art instruction video per week covering a variety of topics.
I have a list of core videos in mind that will address 80% of what most new artists are looking for. However...
You're suggestions and requests would be warmly welcomed. Do you have a specific topic you'd like to see demonstrated? Please do let me know and I'll give it serious consideration:
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Here are the art instruction videos available for you to view
immediately:
Watercolor Video Lessons
How
to Paint a Layered Hills & Mountains
Painting
mountains, especially when you want to create depth in a
picture, is quite straightforward, with a little guidance...
How
to Paint a Variegated Wash
Learning how to
paint a variegated wash to represent an evening sky in
watercolor may appear daunting but it's actually quite
straight-forward...
How
To Stretch Watercolor Paper
This art
instruction video shows you how to stretch watercolor paper
quickly and easily...
Painting
Clouds in Watercolor
Learn how to paint
clouds in watercolor with this short video tutorial...
Painting
Distant Trees in Watercolor
A quick
step-by-step tutorial for painting trees in the distance -
essential for most landscapes...
Painting
Winter Trees with Watercolors
Trees are a
difficult subject for most beginner artists and yet they
appear is most landscapes. Here's a quick guide for painting
realistic trees when their branches are bare...
Painting
Summer Trees with Watercolors
Another video
lesson for painting trees. This one is broken into two parts
and covers a variety of species...
How
to Paint a Rose
Learn how to paint a rose,
that most beautiful and popular of flowers...
Drawing Video Lessons
Quickly and easily sketch accurate wheels without complex
calculations
This tutorial shows a simple
method of making sure your wheels are set up vertically, both on
their own or where you have more than one, viewed from an
oblique angle...
A Quick Guide to Creating Shadows
Nothing
adds depth to a picture more than strong shadows. This video
tip shows you how to quickly and easily create consistent
shadows on a range of objects...
How to Draw With Various Mediums - Part 1
Covers
artists pencils and paper...
How to Draw With Various Mediums - Part 2
Covers
using putty erasers for more than just rubbing out mistakes...
How to Draw With Various Mediums - Part 3
Covers
drawing with pen and ink...
How to Draw With Various Mediums - Part 4
Covers
drawing with charcoal...
How to Draw With Various Mediums - Part 5
Covers
drawing with water soluble pencils...
Acrylic Video Lessons
Getting
Started with Acrylic Paints
Covers the
materials you need - brushes, paints and so on - oh yes, and
how to easily make an acrylics paint palette at virtually no
cost!
Acrylic
Painting Basics - Part 1
I begin painting a
habour scene called Red Wharf Bay. This installment covers the
tonal sketch...
Acrylic
Painting Basics - Part 2
Next, we paint the
sky and start adding color and contrast to the picture...
Acrylic
Painting Basics - Part 3
The finishing detail
and highlights...
Oil Video Lessons
Oil Painting Tutorial - President's Putt Part 1
This oil painting tutorial is the first of a three part series which looks at how a commissioned painting is developed from start to completion...
Oil Painting Tutorial - President's Putt Part 2
This is the second part of the three-part series on how a commissioned painting was produced from the initial blank canvas through to completion...
Oil Painting Tutorial - President's Putt Part 3
This oil painting tutorial is the final of the three part series...
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