Welcome to TheVirtualInstructor.com, your online source for high-quality art lessons. This site is constructed for you. Whether you are an artist, an aspiring artist, a student, a teacher, want art instruction at home, or if you are just curious - we have a tutorial for you. Some of these tutorials require membership, but many of the tutorials are free.
A collection of art instruction courses designed with the learner in mind. Courses include "The Secrets to Drawing", "Pastel Landscape Mastery", "The Colored Pencil Course", "Oil Painting Master Series", "The Watercolor Workshop", "The Pen and Ink Experience", "The Acrylic Painting Academy" and "Portrait Drawing The Smart Way". Courses are broken down into "easy to follow" modules. Each course module includes a HD video and an accompanying ebook. ALL courses are included with membership.
Why is it that such a large majority of people believe that they simply cannot draw? What exactly happens to us that makes us believe this untrue statement? If you ask a room of one hundred average adults to raise their hands if they believe they can draw, only a handful will raise their hands.
Now over 33 hours of course video and over 1000 pages of ebooks. Each course module includes a video and eBook.
Live streamed lessons each week for 1 hour. Over 170 recorded lessons are available for replay.
Download every video on the site. Burn to a DVD or watch without an internet connection.
The ultimate planning solution for art teachers or home schoolers.
What Can You Learn?
This site is jam-packed with drawing tutorials, painting lessons, videos, courses, ebooks, art fundamentals, and resources - all of which are high-quality. I hope that you'll take a look around and enjoy the journey...
TheVirtualInstructor.com features lessons on many different topics including graphite drawing, colored pencil drawing, pastel drawing, drawing faces, figure drawing, charcoal, water-based paint, oil paint, and many, many more. We even have free digital art lessons on Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Flash. The list is growing everyday! New tutorials, lessons, course material and videos are added weekly. To receive updates when new content is added, be sure to join the newsletter list.
You can find the individual lesson that fits your needs, learn in detail through the member's courses and Live Lessons, or ask questions to other like-minded artists in the free forum. Of course, there's also the blog, which features art-related links to free stuff and hundreds of articles on art-related content and resources.
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*And 3 Free course videos and eBooks from "The Secrets to Drawing", "Oil Painting Master Series", and "Pastel Landscape Mastery".
It isn't talent that makes a good artist. It is knowledge! (and practice) TheVirtualInstructor.com will give you the knowledge. (the practice is up to you) Read my teaching philosophy on how I feel about talent. It may surprise you. You CAN learn to draw and paint. Drawing and painting is a learned skill, that takes practice in order to develop.
I believe that art is not something created for the rich and snooty, it is for everyone and you can learn how to create it. Whether it's drawing or painting or even digital art, TheVirtualInstructor.com has you covered. Students - practice and enhance your skills. Learn how to draw or paint at your own pace. Teachers - refer your students to this site, or take a look at the art lesson plans and links. This site is designed for students of ALL ages and abilities. Best of all, you can get all of this art instruction at home online.
