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    Free art lessons, drawing lessons, painting lessons and digital art. Over 300 video tutorials! Learn how to draw and paint online. Tutorials for beginners, intermediate artists, and advanced artists.
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  • Drawing and Painting Courses
    Online drawing and painting courses that include HD videos and eBooks. Logically sequenced courses on pencil drawing, portraiture, watercolor painting, colored pencils and more.
  • Art Tutorials on Drawing and Painting
    Drawing and painting tutorials organized by medium including pencil drawing, colored pencils, pen and ink, pastels, acrylics, watercolor and more.
  • Drawing Lessons - Learn How to Draw
    Drawing lessons for beginner to advanced artists. Learn how to draw through video tutorials on a variety of subjects and mediums.
  • Painting Lessons - Learn How to Paint
    Painting lessons for beginner to advanced artists on a variety of subjects. Learn how to paint with watercolor, acrylics, oils, and pastels.
  • The Fundamentals of Art
    The Fundamentals of art including the elements of art, color theory, and tips on drawing
  • Free Art Lesson Plans-Visual Art Lesson Plans
    Free art lesson plans for High School and Middle School.
  • Community of Artists
    An artistic community of artists, teachers, and learners at all levels. Share your art, get a critique, and discuss what it's like to be an artist.
  • Free Digital Art Lessons-Photoshop-Illustrator-Flash
    Learn how to create digital art using the programs of Adobe CS4; Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash in these free video art lessons.
  • Graphite or Pencil Drawing Tutorials
    Pencil drawing tutorials and graphite drawing tutorials. Learn how to draw with graphite with these pencil drawing video tutorials.
  • Colored Pencils Drawing Tutorials
    Colored pencil drawing tutorials. Learn how to draw with colored pencils with these colored pencil drawing video tutorials.
  • Pastel Drawing Tutorials
    Pastel drawing tutorials. Learn how to draw with pastels with these pastel drawing video tutorials.
  • Charcoal Drawing Tutorials
    Charcoal drawing tutorials. Learn how to draw with charcoal with these charcoal video tutorials.
  • Watercolor Painting Tutorials
    Watercolor painting tutorials. Learn how to paint with watercolor paints with these watercolor painting video tutorials.
  • Oil Painting Tutorials
    Oil painting tutorials. Learn how to paint with oil paints with these oil painting video tutorials.
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    Free Adobe Photoshop Lessons. Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop with these video tutorials and demonstrations.
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    Free Adobe Illustrator Lessons and Tutorials. Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator with these video tutorials and demonstrations.
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    Free Adobe Flash Lessons. Learn how to use Adobe Flash with these video tutorials and demonstrations.
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  • Colored Pencil and Marker Lesson - "Candy"
    Learn how to layer markers and colored pencils to create a realistic drawing of a piece of candy in this drawing lesson.
  • Pen and Ink Drawing Tutorials
    Ink drawing tutorials. Learn how to draw with ink with these ink drawing video tutorials.
  • Mixed Media Tutorials
    Mixed media tutorials. Learn how to create art with these mixed media video tutorials.
  • Drawing Lessons - Concepts and Ideas
    A collection of tutorials on the core concepts and ideas of drawing. Learn how to improve your drawing skills by understanding the fundamentals of composition, theory, and observational skill building.
  • Portrait Painting with Oils
    Learn how to paint a representational portrait with oils on gessoed panel in this lesson that includes a video demonstration and a step by step breakdown of the process.
  • Pen and Ink with Watercolor - Line and Wash Lighthouse
    Learn how to create a line and wash drawing with pen and ink and watercolor in this lesson that features a lighthouse landscape.
  • Acrylic Painting Tutorials
    Acrylic painting tutorials. Learn how to paint with acrylic paints with these acrylic painting video tutorials.
  • Digital Painting Tutorials
    Digital painting tutorials. Learn how to paint and draw with Photoshop, Procreate, Virtual Reality, and more.
  • The Elements of Art- Shape
    Learn the fundamentals of art in this free art lesson on the element-shape. Learn about organic and geometric shapes and how anything can be drawn using simple shapes.
  • Value- The Elements of Art
    Value-The Elements of Art. Learn the fundamentals of art making.
  • Line- The Elements of Art
    Learn the fundamentals of art in this free art lesson on line brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com
  • Drawing Tips- 10 Quick Tips on Drawing
    10 Quick Tips on Drawing to help you in your drawing skills.
  • How to Draw with Charcoal-Charcoal Drawing Techniques
    Learn how to draw with charcoal in this free video art lesson. Learn various charcoal drawing techniques in this tutorial.
  • Colored Pencil Techniques- How to Draw with Colored Pencils
    Colored Pencil drawing techniques brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com
  • Pastel Landscapes-How to use Soft Pastels
    Learn how to draw and paint the landscape with pastels with this free art video lesson brought to you by TheVirtualInstructor.com.
  • Oil Pastel Drawing- Apple
    Learn how to draw and paint with oil pastels with this free art video lesson brought to you by TheVirtualInstructor.com.
  • Basic Pen and Ink Techniques
    Basic pen and ink drawing techniques. Learn how to draw with ink in this video tutorial.
  • How to Draw with Markers - Skull Demo
    Learn how to draw with professional alcohol-based Prismacolor markers in this lesson that features a demonstration of a colorful skull.
  • Art Fundamentals-The Elements and Principles of Art
    The fundamentals of art are the building blocks for successful art-making. Learn the fundamentals of art and start making better art.
  • Color Theory Art Lesson Plan- Free Art Lesson Plan
    Color Theory art lesson plan. Teach students color theory through a color theory object painting.
  • Clay Figures Lesson Plan- Form
    Clay Figure art lesson plan brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com
  • Crayon Etching-Free Art Lesson Plans
    Crayon Etching Art lesson plan brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com
  • Cross Contour Line Drawing Art Lesson Plan
    Cross Contour Line Drawing art lesson plan brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com
  • Figure Drawing- Art Lessons Plan
    lesson plans, figure drawing, art
  • Futuristic Perspective Drawing-Art Lesson Plan
    Futuristic Perspective Art lesson plan for middle and high school students. Teach students one point and two point perspective through this lesson plan.
  • Object Self Portrait Art Lesson Plan
    Object Self Portrait Art lesson plan for middle and high school students brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com
  • Lictenstein Pics Lesson Plan- Unity and Harmony
    Lichtenstein art lesson plan for middle or high school students brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com
  • Magazine Cover Lesson Plan-Illustration
    An art lesson plan focused on students creating the cover a popular magazine. Illustration. Art lesson plan on drawing for Beginning high school students.
  • Highlight Rendering Art Lesson Plan for High School
    Highlight Rendering charcoal drawing art lesson plan for high school students.
  • Art Lesson Plan- Giant Junkfood
    Giant Junkfood Sculpture Art lesson plan for middle and high school students.
  • Pastel Landscape Lesson Plan
    Pastel Landscape art lesson plan for high school students.
  • Pastel Portraits Lesson Plan
    Pastel Portraits art lesson plan for high school students.
  • Pen and Ink Stippling Lesson Plan
    Pen and Ink-Stippling art lesson plan for high school students.
  • Reverse Self Portraits Lesson Plan
    Reverse Self Portraits art lesson plan for high school students.
  • Scratchboard Lesson Plan for High School Students
    Scratchboard Etching art lesson plan for high school students.
  • Drawing Paper Bags Art Lesson Plan
    Drawing Paper Bags - Art lesson plan for advanced drawing students focused on texture and value.
  • Identity Portrait Lesson Plan-Colored Pencils
    An alternate way of looking at portraiture by drawing the identity of the student through images and symbols. Art lesson plan on drawing and illustration for Intermediate high school students.
  • Master Study Copycat Lesson Plan-Various Media
    An art lesson plan focused on students creating a Master Study of a master artist from art history. Art lesson plan on drawing and painting for Intermediate high school students.
  • Precisionist Abstract Drawing Art Lesson Plan
    Precisionist Abstract Drawing - Art lesson plan for Intermediate drawing students focused on creating abstract drawings through representational observation.
  • Watercolor Landscape Lesson Plan
    Watercolor Landscape art lesson plan for high school students.
  • Expressive Self Portraits Art Lesson Plan
    Expressive Self Portraits art lesson plan for high school students.
  • Foreshortened Figure Art Lesson Plan
    Foreshortened Figure art lesson plan for high school students.
  • Art Lesson Plan- Pixel Pics
    Art lesson plan for high school students- Pixel Pics- Painting.
  • Memory Drawing Lesson Plan-Graphite
    An art lesson plan focused on students creating a drawing that has a feeling of memory but uses photography as a reference creating tool. Art lesson plan on drawing for Advanced high school students.
  • How To Draw Trees
    How to draw a realistic tree using a structured approach. This drawing technique can applied to any tree.
  • Line Quality(Weight) and Cross Contour Lines
    Learn how to use line weight and cross contour lines to improve your drawing
  • Texture- The Elements of Art
    Learn the fundamentals of art in this free art lesson on texture brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com Element-Texture
  • The Elements of Art- Form
    Form- The Elements of Art. Learn about form and it's importance in the creation of art in this tutorial.
  • You Can Draw - A How to Draw Webinar
    Anyone can learn how to draw. You can draw and even do it well. This in-depth video and lesson explains the process of drawing and shares simple drawing exercises designed to develop your skills.
  • How to Draw a Feather
    Learn how to draw a feather with graphite pencils in this lesson that shares an easy step by step approach to creating a realistic appearance.
  • Shading Techniques - How to Shade with a Pencil
    Learn basic shading techniques used to create the illusion of form, light, and shadow in drawings.
  • How to Draw Water Droplets
    How to draw realistic water droplets by following an easy step by step approach.
  • Transforming Shapes into Forms
    Learn how to transform shapes into forms through the application of value in this drawing lesson.
  • How to Draw a Sphere with Labeled Shadows
    Learn how to draw a sphere in this video art lesson. Learn to locate values and create smooth gradations of tone.
  • Two Point Perspective 3D Maze
    Learn how to use two point perspective to draw a 3D maze creating an interactive work of art.
  • How to Create Smooth Shading in Drawings
    How to create smooth shading with graphite. Video podcast-episode 1.
  • Continuous Line Drawing
    Continuous line drawing is a great drawing exercise for developing your skills for observational drawing. The imperfections of the finished result are also quite nice to look at.
  • Blind Contour Line Drawing- Line Drawing Exercises
    Learn how to create a blind contour line drawing and it's significance in drawing development in this free art lesson.
  • Artist Graphite Drawing Pencils - What Pencils Do You Need
    Drawing pencils explained. Learn the different grades of graphite, what the numbers mean, and which pencils you need to be successful in your own drawings.
  • Graphite Drawing Techniques-Pencil Drawing
    Learn graphite drawing techniques in this free video art lesson.
  • The Stages of Artistic Development - Podcast Number 2
    The stages to artistic development and why it's important for improving drawing. Video podcast-episode 2.
  • How to Make a Value Finder
    Learn how to create a value finder to help you create better drawings in this free art lesson.
  • How to Draw Eyes - Graphite
    How to draw an eye. Learn how to draw eyes realistically in this free video art lesson brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com.
  • Gesture Drawing- Figure Drawing
    Learn how to draw the figure quickly through the process of gesture drawing in this video tutorial.
  • How to Draw a Face - Facial Proportions
    The ultimate guide to how to draw a face. A look at the locations of the facial features from both the front and side views. Learn the steps to drawing faces.
  • How to Draw Mouths
    Learn how to draw mouths realistically in this free video art tutorial brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com.
  • How to Draw Hands
    Learn how to draw a realistic hand using a simple 3 step approach that includes drawing the shapes and adding shading.
  • How to Draw Ears-Portrait Drawing
    Learn how to draw ears realistically in this free video art lesson brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com.
  • How to Draw a Nose
    Learn how to draw a nose in this ultimate guide that features video tutorials and images. How to Draw a Nose-Step by step.
  • How to Use Blending Stumps
    Learn how to draw with blending stumps and graphite in this tutorial that features excerpts of a 1 hour live demonstration.
  • Drawing Hands with Basic Shapes- 12 Hands
    Drawing Hands- Video tutorial on drawing hands with basic shapes. See how easy it is to learn how to draw hands.
  • How to Draw a Figure in Perspective- Foreshortening
    Learn how to draw a foreshortened figure in this video drawing demonstration. Drawing the figure from any angle can be difficult, especially from below or above.
  • Graphite Portrait-Step by Step
    See the step by step process of creating a realistic graphite protrait in this free video drawing lesson.
  • Graphitint Pencil Tutorial
    Graphitint pencil tutorial. Learn how to use colored graphite pencils in this tutorial that features a drawing of a realistic eye.
  • How To Draw Feet
    How to draw feet - a complete guide to making the drawing process easy.
  • How to Draw Hair
    Learn how to draw hair using a simple step by step approach. Get realistic results by developing the form and texture of the hair with a layered approach of drawing with pencil.
  • How to Draw Clothing - Video Tutorial
    Learn how to draw clothing and the folds that are created by folded fabric in this drawing tutorial. How to draw clothes video tutorial.
  • One Point Perspective-Linear Perspective
    Learn how to draw in one point perspective in this video tutorial.
  • Two Point Perspective-How to Use Linear Perspective
    Learn how to draw using two point perspective in this free video art lesson brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com.
  • Keep Your Drawing Clean- Time Lapse Drawing Video
    Keeping your drawing clean while you work is important. Learn some tips to keep your drawing clean through this time lapse video demonstration.
  • Drawing Rocks in the Landscape
    How to draw rocks in a landscape drawing. Learn how to draw rocks with graphite by simplifying the rocks into basic shapes.
  • Mixed Media Drawing Lesson - "Great White Shark"
    Learn how to draw with a variety of drawing media including ink, charcoal and graphite in this mixed media drawing lesson of a Great White Shark.
  • How to Draw a Horse - Graphite Pencils
    How to draw a horse with graphite pencils. Learn how draw a horse by locating the contour lines and add smooth shading with graphite pencils to create a realistic drawing.
  • Draw a Realistic Bird with Graphite and Charcoal Pencil
    Learn how to draw a realsitic bird using a combination of graphite pencil and white charcoal pencil.
  • How to Draw Animal Fur
    Learn how to draw animal fur or hair using two different approaches in this video tutorial that focuses on texture.
  • How to Draw a Lion - Graphitint Pencils
    How to draw a lion using Graphitint pencils. Activate Graphitint pencils to create a fluid sketch in a short amount of time.
  • Graphite Drawing of A Dog
    Watch the process of commissioned pet portrait in this graphite drawing of a dog instructional video.
  • Hatching and Cross Hatching Drawing Techniques
    Learn how how to draw with hatching and cross hatching with this free video art lesson by TheVirtualInstructor.com
  • How to Draw with Water-Soluble Graphite - Video Tutorial
    How to draw with water-soluble graphite. Learn how to use water-soluble graphite in your drawings in this video tutorial.
  • Value Drawing with Graphite Tutorial - Excerpts from Live Lesson
    Value Drawing with Graphite Tutorial - excerpts from a live lesson. Learn how to manipulate value to create the illusion of form and value in a drawing in this tutorial recorded from a live demonstration.
  • 12 Colored Pencil Tips
    Tips for drawing with colored pencils. 12 practices for better colored pencil drawings.
  • How to Blend Colored Pencils
    Learn how to blend colored pencils using five different tools and techniques in this lesson.
  • How to Draw with Colored Pencils - 3 Techniques
    Learn basic colored pencil techniques that will lead to professional drawing results in this tutorial on three approaches to drawing with colored pencils.
  • How to Draw a Realistic Mouth with Colored Pencils
    Learn how to draw a realsitic mouth using colored pencils in this video tutorial. Prismacolor pencils are used to build up layers of color to create the illusion.
  • How to Draw a Realistic Eye with Colored Pencils
    How to draw a realistic eye with colored pencils. Prismacolor pencils are layered to create a natural looking eye in this tutorial.
  • Combine Tempera Paint and Colored Pencils - Eye Demo
    Learn how to combine tempera paint and colored pencils in this video demonstration in which an eye is drawn and painted.
  • Colored Pencil Portrait Tutorial
    Learn how to draw a portrait with colored pencils in this video tutorial that features excerpts from a 2 hour lesson.
  • How to Mix Dark Skin Tones - Colored Pencils
    How to mix dark skin tones with colored pencils using a combination of just 4 colors.
  • How to Draw a Realistic Nose with Colored Pencils - Video Tutorial
    How to draw a nose with colored pencils. Learn a step by step approach to drawing a difficult subject like a nose with colored pencils in this video drawing tutorial.
  • How to Draw Grass with Colored Pencils-Video Tutorial
    How to draw grass with colored pencils. Learn how to draw realistic grass in this video tutorial.
  • How to Draw Cat Eyes with Colored Pencils
    Learn how to draw realistic cat eyes with colored pencils. Layer colored pencil applications on Stonehenge paper to develop a range of value and realistic textures.
  • How to Draw a Beetle - Markers and Colored Pencils
    Learn how to draw an illustration of a beetle with colored pencils and markers in this lesson. Markers are applied first with colored pencil applications layered on top.
  • Draw a Tiger with Colored Pencils
    How to draw a tiger with Polychromos colored pencils. Learn how to layer colors to create a realistic drawing of a tiger in this lesson.
  • Draw an Elephant with Colored Pencils
    How to draw an elephant with colored pencils. A step by step breakdown and video tutorial using Prismacolor colored pencils.
  • Tiny Drawing - A Challenge of Scale
    Creating a tiny drawing can have huge impacts on your drawing skill and mastery of the medium.
  • How to Draw a Bird-Colored Pencils
    Learn how to draw a realistic bird with Derwent Studio colored pencils in this lesson and tutorial.
  • Polychromos Colored Pencils - Drawing Tutorial
    Learn how Polychromos colored pencils are different and how to use them to draw a realistic image in this drawing tutorial.
  • How to Draw with White Charcoal on Black Paper
    Learn how to draw with white charcoal on black paper and create a high contrast portrait.
  • How to Draw with Markers and Colored Pencils
    Learn how to combine alcohol-based markers and colored pencils to create a realistic drawing in this lesson and tutorial.
  • How to Draw a Realistic Cupcake with Colored Pencils and Neocolor
    Learn how to combine colored pencils and Neocolor II wax pastels to create a realistic drawing of a cupcake. A video tutorial and step by step breakdown of the process.
  • Realistic Colored Pencil Drawing - Arianas Art
    Realistic drawing with colored pencils - A demonstration and review using Ariana's Art colored pencils.
  • How to Draw Glass with Colored Pencils
    How to draw glass. This video drawing tutorial takes a look at drawing glass with colored pencils.
  • How to Draw a Rose with Colored Pencils - Video Tutorial
    How to draw a rose with colored pencils. Learn a step by step approach to drawing a difficult subject like a rose with colored pencils in this video drawing tutorial.
  • How to Use Watercolor Paint with Colored Pencils
    How to use watercolors with colored pencil. Video tutorial on combining watercolor paint and colored pencils.
  • Tips For Drawing and Painting With Pastels
    10 Tips for drawing and painting with pastels. Apply these tips to your art and you are sure to see improvement.
  • Pastel Techniques - 3 Approaches
    This tutorial looks at applying pastels through blending, scumbling, and feathering
  • How to Paint a Realistic Eye with Pastels
    How to paint an eye with pastels. Learn the procees in this complete tutorial with a HD video.
  • How to Draw With Pastel Pencils-Eye Demonstration
    How to draw with pastel pencils. Eye demonstration-Video tutorial.
  • Pastel Portrait Tutorial-Excerpts
    Pastel portrait drawing tutorial - Drawing a portrait from a photo reference. Video excerpts from a 2 hour lesson.
  • How to Draw Lips (Mouth) with Chalk Pastels-Video Tutorial
    How to draw lips or a mouth using chalk pastels. Learn how to draw a mouth in this video tutorial.
  • Pastel Sketch - Autumn Tree
    Create a loose pastel sketch of an autumn tree in this lesson that uses acrylic matte medium to develop an underpainting.
  • How to Draw a Winter Landscape with Pastels
    Learn how to draw a winter landscape with pastels in this lesson. Soft pastels and pastels pencils are applied to toned pastel paper to develop the scene.
  • Draw a Dramatic Sunset With Pastels
    How to draw or paint a dramatic sunset with pastels - a video lesson and step by step breakdown.
  • Landscape Painting Tutorial - Soft Pastels
    Learn how to paint a landscape with soft pastels using a step by step approach in this tutorial.
  • PanPastels Landscape Tutorial
    PanPastel Tutorial. Learn how PanPastels can be used to apply pastel in a manner that is closer to that of painting.
  • How to Use PanPastels with Traditional Soft Pastels
    How to use PanPastels with traditional soft pastels. In this landscape tutorial, we take a look at combining the new medium of PanPastels with traditional soft pastels.
  • How to Paint Quickly with Pastels
    How to paint quickly with pastels. A 30 minute painting demonstration showing how to work quickly to develop a painting in a short amount of time.
  • How to Draw Waves - A Demonstration with Soft Pastels
    How to Draw Waves. This tutorial takes a look at how to draw ocean waves with chalk or soft pastels.
  • How to Draw Clouds with Soft Pastels
    Learn how to draw realistic clouds in landscape drawing. This tutorial looks at how to approach clouds with chalk or soft pastels.
  • Pastel Pencils on Black Paper - "Goldfish"
    Learn how to draw with pastel pencils on black paper in this lesson that features a drawing of a brightly colored goldfish.
  • Pastel Lesson - Quick Sketch of a Bird
    Learn how to draw with various forms of pastels including soft pastels, pastel pencils, and hard pastels in this lesson that features a drawing of a bird.
  • Pastel Pencils - How to Draw a Bird
    Learn how to use pastel pencils to draw a bird in this drawing lesson.
  • How to Draw a Rooster with Pastels
    Learn how to use pastels and pastel pencils to create a drawing of a rooster in this pastel lesson.
  • How to Draw a Cat with Pastels
    Learn how to draw a cat with pastels in this lesson that uses pastel pencils and traditional soft pastels.
  • How to Draw a Horse - Pastels
    Learn how to draw a horse with pastels in this lesson on layering and blending colors.
  • Pastel Pencils - How to Draw an Owl
    Learn how to draw an owl with pastel pencils in this video demonstration and step by step breakdown.
  • Conte Crayon Drawing - Bird - Time Lapse-Video Tutorial
    A conte drawing of a bird. Time lapse of a conte crayon drawing from a recorded live lesson. Video drawing tutorial.
  • Oil Pastel Tutorial-Dog Portrait
    Learn how to draw a realistic dog portrait using oil pastels in this tutorial that features excerpts from 2 one hour lessons.
  • Pastel Still Life Lesson - Apples
    Learn how to paint a still life of apples with pastels in this lesson.
  • How to Paint a Simple Still Life with Pastels
    Learn how to paint a simple still life in this lesson on soft pastels designed for beginners. Layer and blend colors to create the illusion of form.
  • How to Draw with Pastel Pencils
    Learn how to draw with pastel pencils in this still life demo and tutorial.
  • How to Draw a Still life with Oil Pastels - Podcast Number 4
    How to draw an oil pastel still life. This tutorial features excerpts from a recorded 2 hour live lesson on using oil pastels to create a still life drawing.
  • How to Use Oil Pastels - Tutorial
    Learn how to use oil pastels to create a colorful and painterly drawing.
  • How to Draw Basic Forms with Charcoal
    How to draw basic forms with charcoal and create the illusion of light using highlights and shadows.
  • Sketching with Charcoal - Portrait Drawing
    Learn how to draw with charcoal in this portrait drawing lesson. Use vine and compressed charcoal on gray paper along with white and black charcoal pencils to complete the drawing.
  • How to Draw a Portrait Sketch - Charcoal
    Learn how to draw a portrait sketch with charcoal. Layer vine, compressed, and white charcoal to develop the form of the head and develop the details.
  • Powdered Charcoal - Portrait Sketch
    Learn how to draw with powdered charcoal in this tutorial that explores using powdered charcoal in a portrait sketch
  • How to Draw with Charcoal Pencils-A Landscape Sketch
    Learn how to draw with charcoal pencils in this tutorial. A landscape sketch is created using charcoal pencils, powdered charcoal, and an eraser pencil.
  • How to Draw Water-Calm Waves-Video Tutorial
    Learn how to draw water with calm waves in this video drawing lesson.
  • 12 Watercolor Painting Tips
    Tips for painting with watercolor. 12 practices for better watercolor paintings.
  • How to Choose The Right Paint Brush
    Learn how to choose the right paint brush as well as each paint brush shape, hair type, and part.
  • Mixed Media Portrait - Watercolor and Ink
    Learn how to draw and paint a mixed media portrait that incorporates watercolor and pen and ink. Create a strong focal point using several compositional strategies.
  • How to Paint an Eye with Watercolor
    Learn how to paint an eye with watercolor in this demonstration and video.
  • Line and Wash Lesson - Landscape
    Line and wash lesson - How to combine watercolor and pen and ink to create a landscape sketch.
  • How to Paint a Landscape with Gouache
    Learn how to paint a simple landscape with gouache or opaque watercolor in this video and step by step lesson and tutorial.
  • How to Paint Trees with Watercolor
    How to paint trees with watercolor. Three trees are painted by exploiting the relationships between warm and cool tonalities and light and dark values.
  • Easy Watercolor Landscape
    Learn an easy approach to creating a landscape painting with watercolor in this video tutorial and step by step lesson.
  • Paint With Gouache - Opaque Watercolor - Tree Demo
    Paint with Gouache. Learn one technique to painting with Gouache or opaque watercolor in this video tutorial demonstrating the painting of a tree.
  • Line and Wash Lesson - Octopus
    Learn how to combine pen and ink applications with watercolor to create a playful line and wash drawing of an octopus.
  • Watercolor Lesson - How to Paint a Dog
    Learn how to paint a golden retriever in this watercolor lesson. Layer multiple watercolor washes to build up complexity in color and value.
  • Watercolor Sketch - How to Paint a Bird
    Learn how to paint a bird with watercolor in this step by step tutorial and video.
  • How to Paint a Bird - Video Tutorial
    How to paint a bird. Learn how to paint a hummingbird using opaque watercolor in this painting video tutorial.
  • Realistic Painting Tutorial - Hamburger
    Learn how to paint a realistic painting of a hamburger in this video tutorial that uses gouache or opaque watercolor.
  • Underpainting Does the Work in Expressive Watercolor Painting
    Learn how creating an expressive underpainting can lead to creating an expressive finished painting with watercolors. This video tutorial takes a look at expressive watercolor painting.
  • How to Paint with Gouache - Video Tutorial
    Gouache painting demonstration. Learn how to paint with gouache in this video tutorial of a painting of an apple.
  • Watercolor Pencil Techniques-How to Use Watercolor Pencils
    Learn how to use watercolor pencils in this free video art lesson by TheVirtualInstructor.com
  • How to Draw with Watercolor Pencils
    How to draw with watercolor pencils. Excerpts from a live video tutorial on using watercolor pencils to paint an iris.
  • Watercolor Papers- Watercolor Painting
    Learn all about watercolor papers in this free painting lesson.
  • About Oil Paint
    Learn the basic principles of oil painting with this free art lesson brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com.
  • How to Paint a Realistic Eye - Oils
    Learn how to paint a realistic eye with water mixable oil paints in this lesson. Mix skin tones and add representational details to the iris.
  • How to Paint Oil Portraits-Oil Painting
    Learn How to create realistic portraits in oil paint in this free art lesson brought to you by TheVirtualInstructor.com.
  • Knife Painting with Oils - Landscape
    Learn how to paint with knives to create textured paintings in this video tutorial on knife painting with oils - landscape demonstration.
  • Oil Painting Lesson - Snowy Owl
    Learn how to paint with water mixable oils in this lesson that features the entire painting process of a Snowy Owl.
  • Timed Oil Sketch - White Cow
    Learn how to paint a quick oil sketch of a white cow with water-mixable oil paints in this lesson.
  • Oil Painting Lesson - Piece of Candy
    Learn how to paint a small oil painting of a piece of candy in one sitting in this lesson. Water-mixable oils are used and applied Alla Prima.
  • Digital Oil Painting
    Watch and learn how to create a digital oil painting using a graphics tablet and Photoshop software.
  • Sketching with Photoshop - Digital Graphite
    Learn how to sketch with Photoshop in this lesson that features a portrait drawing completed with a digital graphite brush.
  • How to Use Brushes- Adobe Photoshop Basics
    Learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop in this tutorial about the brush tool.
  • Selection Tools-Paint Bucket-Gradients-Photoshop Basics
    Learn the basics of Photoshop in this tutorial about the brush tool.
  • How to Create Custom Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
    Learn how to create custom brushes in Adobe Photoshop in this free digital art lesson.
  • Create Metallic Text in Photoshop
    Learn how to create metallic text in Adobe Photoshop CS4 in this video art lesson by thevirtualinstructor.com.
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    Learn how to draw with the mouse in Adobe Photoshop. This tutorial looks at drawing a sphere with only the mouse.
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    Learn how to create a Pop Art inspired image from a photo in Photoshop. In the style of Roy Lichtenstein.
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    Learn the art of Micrography and make an image made up completely of text in Photoshop CS4.
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    Learn how to edit symbols in Adobe Illustrator in this video tutorial. Changing and creating symbols- this tutorial makes it easy.
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    Learn how to create metallic surfaces in Adobe Illustrator CS4 in this free video art lesson.
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    How to draw a sphere in Adobe Illustrator using the 3D effect- Video Tutorial
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    Learn how to use the Blob Brush Tool in Adobe Illustrator to ink drawings quickly.
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    Learn how to create a growing animation in Adobe Flash CS4 in this free video tutorial.
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    Learn how to create animated glowing text in Adobe Flash in this free lesson.
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    Learn how to create animated fading text in Adobe Flash in this free lesson.
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    Learn how to create interactive buttons in Adobe Flash CS4 in this video tutorial.
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    Learn how to create transparent interactive buttons in Flash CS4 in this free video art lesson.
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    Learn how to create Rotoscope animation using Adobe Flash CS 4 in this video art lesson by thevirtualinstructor.com.
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    Learn how to use the bone tool to create animations in Adobe Flash CS4.
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    Learn how to use Adobe Flash to create a shooter style video game. Video Step by Step Tutorial. Part 1
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    Learn how to use Adobe Flash to create a shooter style video game. Video Step by Step Tutorial. Part 2 animating characters.
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    Learn how to use Adobe Flash to create a shooter style video game. Video Step by Step Tutorial. Part 3- adding a background
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    Learn how to use Adobe Flash to create a shooter style video game. Video Step by Step Tutorial. Part 4- adding lives and score.
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    Learn how to use Adobe Flash to create a shooter style video game. Video Step by Step Tutorial. Part 5- adding sounds.
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    Learn how to use Adobe Flash to create a shooter style video game. Video Step by Step Tutorial. Part 6- adding a title screen.
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    How to draw or paint with ink wash. Ink wash techniques. Video tutorial on ink wash
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    Boost your creativity with this quick and easy drawing exercise with ink wash.
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    Learn how to draw a bee with pen and ink in this drawing lesson and step by step breakdown.
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    Learn how to create a crayon etching in this video art lesson by thevirtualinstructor.com. This method takes a look at using ink instead of tempera paint.
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    Ink Wash Still Life Tutorial - excerpts from a live lesson. Learn how to draw and paint with ink in this tutorial on the use of ink wash in a still life drawing.
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    Acrylic transfers or photo transfers are an easy art-making process that can be created by anyone. Learn how to make one in this tutorial.
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    Learn the process of etching and Intaglio printmaking in this free video art lesson.
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    Learn how to create a linoleum block print, commonly referred to a linocuts, in this lesson on relief printmaking.
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    Learn how to create a monotype with this free art lesson brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com.
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    Cut paper demonstration. Video tutorial on how to use negative and positive space to create beautiful works of art.
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    Ever wonder why some people can draw and others struggle? Here's how drawing works - in a nutshell.
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    How to improve your drawing and painting by using cross contour lines to communicate form.
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    Learn how to draw an ellipse in this drawing lesson. Three different approaches are explored in this tutorial.
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    Fundamental to drawing is the ability to simplify your subjects into basic shapes. Any subject is easy to draw when we simplify the process.
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    Improve your drawing speed and learn how to draw faster with these 5 tips.
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    Enhance creativity with this fun drawing game. Lead students in this drawing activity that forces them be creative.
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    Learn about the different types of Visual Art-Representational, Abstract, and Non-Objective in this art lesson.
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    Learn how to create effective focal points in your artwork in this video art demonstration.
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    Learn about composition in art in this first part of a three part video series on composition. Plato's Rule.
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    Learn about composition in art in this second part of a three part video series on composition. Eye Movement.
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    Learn how to use the Golden Mean and the Rule of Thirds to create strong artistic compositions.
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    Learn how to create visually stimulating highlights and shadows through the use of color theory.
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    How to draw and paint cast shadows of basic objects using perspective.
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    How to draw a person standing. Learn how easy it is to draw person standing in this video tutorial.
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    How to draw a person sitting down. Learn how easy it is to draw person sitting down in this video tutorial.
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    How to draw a person running. Learn how to draw the figure in motion in this video tutorial.
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    How to draw a person lying down. Learn how to handle the foreshortening that happens when you draw a person lying down, facing the viewer, in this video tutorial.
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    Learn how paint a portrait with acrylics in this lesson that focuses on strong brushstrokes and direct painting.
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    Learn how to mix skin tones with this free video art lesson brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com.
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    Acrylic Seascape Tutorial - excerpts from a live lesson. Learn how to paint an ocean scene using acrylic paint in this painting demonstration.
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    Learn how paint with acrylics in this lesson that features a still life painting of avocados.
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    Learn basic acrylic painting techniques in this free video art lesson of a painting of an apple.
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    Use a painting knife to create an acrylic painting. Still life demonstration and video tutorial.
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    Still Life with Acrylics Tutorial. A look at the importance of underpainting and how it can lead to realistic colors in a painting.
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    Color Theory - Learn the fundamentals of art in this free art lesson on Color brought to you by thevirtualinstructor.com
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    Draw with an eraser. Learn how to create a drawing using mostly an eraser in this free art lesson video.
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    White charcoal drawing of an elephant. Time lapse of a charcoal drawing of an elephant from a recorded live lesson. Video drawing tutorial.
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    Discover how to sketch cleanly using a china marker in this free art lesson.
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    How to draw a realistic mouth with charcoal on gray paper. Video tutorial taken from excerpts of a full lesson.
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    How to draw a realistic eye with charcoal on gray paper. Video tutorial taken from excerpts of a full lesson.
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    How to use colored pencils. Colored pencil drawing of an apple. Video demonstration of colored pencil techniques.
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    How to use colored pencils. Colored pencil drawing of an eye. Video demonstration.
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    How to draw a still life sketch in pastels, pastel pencils. Video tutorial.
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    Drawing with sticks and stones and other non-traditional drawing tools and methods.
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    Space- Fundamental element of art. Learn about space in terms of art.
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    Learn how to create a scratchboard etching in this video tutorial.
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    Learn how to transfer a drawing using graphite in this video art lesson
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    Learn how to create watercolor paintings with this free video art lesson. Watercolor techniques tutorial.
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    How to lift, remove, erase watercolor paint- watercolor techniques- painting with bleach. Video Tutorial.
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    How to draw rocks . Learn how to draw realistic rocks in this video tutorial.
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    Time lapse video of a watercolor painting of a trout from live lesson recorded on September 19, 2012.
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    Pencil drawing of a bird. Time lapse of a pencil drawing of a bird from a recorded live lesson. Video drawing tutorial.
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    How to draw wrinkles in fabric. Drawing demonstration-Video tutorial.
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    How to draw a tree from imagination. This time lapse video was taken from a live webinar recorded on August 30, 2012. It illustrates a tree drawn from imagination using colored pencils.
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    Cityscape in Acrylics. Time lapse of an acrylic painting of a cityscape from a recorded live lesson. Video painting tutorial.
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    Learn how to draw a reflective surface in this video drawing lesson. How to draw a reflective sphere.
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    How to draw a pastel landscape. This time lapse video was taken from a live webinar recorded on September 12, 2012. It illustrates a a pastel landscape sketch of rocks, water, and trees.
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    How to draw with pastel pencils. An overview of using pastel pencils to create colorful drawings.
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    Oil pastel drawing of a race car. Time lapse of a oil pastel drawing of a race car from a recorded live lesson. Video drawing tutorial.
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    Learn how to draw with white and black charcoal on gray drawing paper in this tutorial that features excerpts from a one hour live demonstration.
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  • Drawing Natural Textures with Ink Liners
    Learn how to draw natural textures with pen and ink liners in this in-depth step by step drawing tutorial that features a woodland creature in a magical forest.
  • How to Sketch a Crab - 30 Minute Drawing Exercise
    Learn how to draw a crab in this 30 minute drawing exercise that shows you how to simplify the subject into easy to draw shapes. Add the contour lines and a bit
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  • Balance - A Principle of Art
    Balance in art heavily influences your composition. Discover the different forms including symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial balance and learn how to use it
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    The appeal of pen and ink drawing is found in the strong contrast, the emphasis placed on the mark, and the challenge of permanence since ink cannot be erased
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    Texture refers mostly to tactility. It is mostly measured in three dimensions. However, it can be experienced as an illusion when it is drawn or painted. The
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    Learn the key components to creating realistic and invented textures in your drawings in this post that explores the concept of texture in great detail.
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    Learn how line can be used to communicate expression in this lesson.
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    When it comes to observational drawing, you've probably heard to simply "draw what you see." The problem is you have to know what to look for and make sense of
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    Learn how to draw reflective surfaces by understanding how we see reflection. Photo references for practicing drawing reflective, shiny metal.
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    There are several drawing techniques that the artist can use to ensure accuracy. Combined with observation, these drawing techniques can improve your portraits,
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    Not sure what to draw? Get inspired with this list of 101 challenging things to draw. These are great sketchbook ideas.
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    For some, knowing how to start is the difficult part, for others it's when to stop. Here's how to know when your art is finished and when to put down the paint
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    Learn how to draw a bird using basic shapes and complete the drawing in just under 30 minutes. This lesson shows you how it's done.
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    Create a quick sketch of a skull within 30 minutes using basic shapes and forms. Improve your drawing skills with a daily sketching habit.
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    What's the difference between drawing and sketching? Can I draw in a sketchpad and sketch in a drawing pad? Why does this confusion exist?
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    . They are high quality pencils that are easy to grip and are by far, my favorite. You'll find a consistent mark across all of the grades and sharpening is a
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    Procreate is a powerful tool for painting and drawing digitally. Learn about its features and how this app is designed for traditional and digital artists alike
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    Political cartoonist, Ashley Hurst shares his process for creating political cartoons using the app, Procreate. I remember the world before Photoshop, iPads and
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    Here's five reasons why you can't draw. Drawing is a skill and anybody can do it. Are these five things holding you back from drawing better?
  • Thoughts on Drawing
    Drawing is one of the oldest and deepest means of communication and expression. What do your drawings say?
  • Look Closer for Abstraction in Art
    If you are looking to give abstraction a go but consider yourself a realistic artist, consider taking a closer look at your subject- a lot closer look.
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    Becoming a better artist starts with wanting to be a great artist. How you define a great artist determines the path to becoming a better artist.
  • Why You Need a Website as an Artist
    Get your art on the internet by creating your own Artist Portfolio Website.
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    A collection of still life photo references for drawing and painting and a few tips on how to photograph your own still life arrangements.
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    Learn how to hold a pencil for drawing. Implement these grips in your drawing and watch your drawings improve.
  • Optical Color Mixing
    Optical color mixing is a phenomenon that happens when a viewer perceives color in an image as a result of two or more colors that are positioned next to, or
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    Free Color Wheel Chart for download for teachers, students, and artists.
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    How do you evaluate art? Should there be a standard for evaluating art?
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    Play a game to teach harmony and unity in art.
  • Four Exercises To Improve Your Drawing
    Practice and improve your drawing skills with these four drawing exercises designed to improve your abilities.
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    Learn the secrets to creating the illusion of texture in a painting. It's all about value and mark making. Here's how you can create variety in your mark making
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    How do you pick a good color for the background in your paintings or colored drawings? Of course, you may consider color theory, but what if you want to
  • How to Match Colors in a Painting
    Learn how to mix colors to match your subject in a painting by using this simple and easy process that uses just a few primary colors.
  • Using Water Mixable Oil Paint For The First Time
    Water mixable oils are a suitable alternative for painting with traditional oil paints. Accomplished oil painter, Ashley Hurst uses this medium for the first
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    While stretched canvas is the most popular option, many painters are returning to surfaces that the Old Masters used such as gessoed panel which provides more
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    As many of you already know, one of the goals of this website is to bring you the highest quality art instruction that covers a widely diverse spectrum of art
  • What Course Would You Like To See Next?
    "Creative Mixed Media" is now complete, making it the ninth complete course added to our library of courses - which are all available to members. The addition
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    Find out how to use this free online program to create awesome digital paintings that look like real oil paintings. Turn any photo into a painting in just a
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    Ever wonder why Photoshop and Illustrator work so differently? Part of the reason is how these programs create an image. This post takes a look at the
  • Vote for the Next Course
    "Pencil Drawing - The Guide to Graphite" is now complete, making it the eleventh complete course added to our library of courses - which are all available to
  • Low Relief Sculpture
    Learn how to create a low relief sculpture using minimal tools and inexpensive materials in this art lesson and lesson plan idea.
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    Learn how to clean and care for your art brushes. Watercolor, acrylics, and oils can all destroy a brush if left within the bristles. This post explores
  • The Multiple Rights of Art
    We've all been taught throughout our lives there is one right answer to problems. There is the "correct" answer and then an infinite number of incorrect answers
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    The subjects we choose to depict in our art often contribute to the success or failure of the piece. Sometimes we put so much emphasis on our subject that it
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    Confused on how to sign artwork after you've completed the work? Here are several things to consider before you place your mark on your art.
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    It's great that there are so many different forms of colored media out there for artists to use. Many are produced in pencil form, attracting the multitudes
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    A list of art supplies for beginning artists for various categories of visual art.
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    Whether you're just starting out with colored pencils, or if you've been at it for a while, there are several materials and supplies that I consider to be "must
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    Essential tools, materials, and supplies for watercolor painting. Do you have these items in your tool box?
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    Is there a pen that will actually improve your drawing as you use it? I think there is, and in this post, we take a look at how using this pen may lead to
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    Here's a short list of the best books for learning how to draw for all skill levels - beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
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    Thank you to all of you that participated in "The 30 Day Sketchbook Challenge". 60 of you posted your work on the forum, and I'm sure many more participated
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    Teach students the various ways artists convey and use movement in their artworks.
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    Portfolio tips for visual artists.
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    Interesting facts about about how color affects us physically and psychologically.
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    Why can't I finish an artwork? Why do I make so many mistakes? These are questions posed by the enemy of the artist. The enemy known as perfectionism. Learn how
  • Teach Color Theory with the Interactive Color Wheel
    Here's a cool way to teach color theory in the classroom with this interactive color wheel.
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    Get your feet wet in the world of animation by creating a stop motion animation.
  • Teach Your Students Video Game Design With Scratch
    Include video game design in your visual art curriculum with this free downloadable program from MIT called "Scratch".
  • Six Reasons to Draw on Toned Paper
    Why draw on toned paper? Drawing on toned paper produces more realistic results, encourages a full range of value, increases your speed and more.
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    All about the different types of erasers used by artists.
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    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
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    Which is more important in art education, process or product?
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    Learn how complementary colors can be used to create optical illusions and interesting effects.
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    Learning how to paint goes hand in hand with learning how to draw. Drawing is fundamental to learning how to paint. Want to learn painting, better start with
  • Making a Game of Color Theory
    Color theory can be incredibly complex, but a new game has made it much more fun to play around with. Can you match the hue, saturation, and color scheme in the
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    Photo references for drawing or painting. Here are a few full color photo reference images that you can use in your art.
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