Course
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy
This comprehensive course is designed for absolute beginners aiming to produce professional-quality acrylic paintings. Covering essential topics such as materials, tools, and surfaces for acrylic painting and techniques like mixing and applying color values to create light and form, stretching and preparing your own canvas, transferring images to canvas, and direct painting methods.
Class
Intermediate
Duck with Acrylics
Dive into acrylic painting. You'll create a lifelike painting of a duck on water. Starting with the grid technique for accurate drawing, you'll progress through developing water reflections, duck anatomy, and feather textures.
Class
Advanced
Urban Landscape with Acrylics
This class guides you through the process of creating a detailed urban landscape using acrylic paints. The class begins with transferring the contour lines of the reference image onto the painting surface and establishing a black-and-white underpainting. Subsequent lessons focus on developing the underpainting in layers, refining details, and building depth.
Course
Advanced
Jungle Path with Acrylics
This course guides you through the process of painting a complex jungle landscape using acrylics on gessoed masonite. You'll learn to create an underpainting, apply glazes to build depth, and adjust contrast and color to enhance harmony.
Class
Intermediate
Winter Landscape Painting With Acrylics
Learn how to paint a winter scene with acrylics in this lesson series.
Video
Beginner
How to Paint Waves
Learn how to paint waves with acrylics in this painting lesson.
Class
Beginner
Kingfisher Bird with Acryics
This class guides you through the process of painting a vibrant kingfisher bird on a gessoed board. The course begins with a basic contour line drawing and progressively adds layers of acrylic paint to develop rich colors and textures.
Video
Beginner
Acrylic Still Life Lesson - Limes
Paint a still life arrangement of limes on panel with acrylics in real-time.
Class
Intermediate
Blueberries with Acrylics
Learn the process of creating a realistic still life painting of blueberries using acrylic paints. Beginning with a graphite pencil sketch using a grid for accuracy, you'll progressively develop the painting. The class emphasizes layering techniques, attention to detail, and the unique characteristics of each blueberry, aiming to give each its own "personality."
Video
Beginner
Acrylic Still Life Lesson - Orange Slices
Use bold brushstrokes with acrylics on panel to paint a still life of orange slices.
Class
Beginner
Color Theory and Mixing
Learn how to mix colors from warm and cool primaries and learn how to use color theory in your paintings.
Video
Beginner
Acrylic Painting Mediums
Learn how to enhance the versatility of your acrylic paints with acrylic mediums.
Video
Beginner
Expressive Brushstrokes with Acrylics
Learn how to loosen up and create expressive brushstrokes in your acrylic paintings.
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Beginner
Painting Exercises
Improve your painting skills with these four painting exercises.
Video
Beginner
Acrylic Transfers
Learn how to create acrylic transfers in this free painting lesson video.
Video
Beginner
How to Glaze with Acrylics
Learn how to glaze with acrylic paints in this lesson that explores indirect painting.
Post
Beginner
The Artist: Today vs. The Renaissance
Comparing the life of an artist today vs. that of the Renaissance.
Video
Beginner
All About Paint Brushes
Everything you need to know about paint brushes. Brush hair types, shapes, marks, and parts are all covered in this video, comprehensive guide, and infographic.
Post
Beginner
Learning from the Style of El Greco
What can we learn from the style of painting by El Greco?
Post
Beginner
How to Paint Texture
Learn several techniques for creating texture in your paintings.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Introduction and Materials
An introduction to "The Acrylic Painting Academy" video course.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Light and Form
A look at manipulating value to create the illusion of light and form in an acrylic painting.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Stretching Canvas
A step by step look at stretching and preparing canvas for painting.
Post
Beginner
Abstract vs. Non-Objective Art
What's the difference between abstract and non-objective art?
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Color Theory and Mixing
A look at color theory and mixing colors. The properties of acrylic paints, color, and color schemes are all explored.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Underpainting Part 1
Part one of a series on developing an underpainting with acrylics.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Underpainting Part 2
Part two of a series on developing an underpainting with acrylics.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Glazing Part 1
Part one of a series on adding layers of glaze to an acrylic painting.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Glazing Part 2
Part two of a series on adding layers of glaze to an acrylic painting.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Painting With A Knife
Learn how to apply acrylics with a variety of painting knives in this course module.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Color Theory in Action
A look at implementing color theory in an acrylic painting. Monochromatic, analogous, split complementary, and complementary schemes are explored.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Abstraction And Non-Objective Painting
A look at abstraction and non-objective painting with acrylics.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Acrylic Mediums
A look at four of the most commonly used acrylic mediums used by painters.
Class
Beginner
Acrylic Painting Basics
Get introduced to a few basics on the medium of acrylic painting in this recorded Live Lesson.
Class
Beginner
Basic Color Mixing
Learn how to mix virtually every color using 7 vital pigments.
App
Beginner
The Interactive Color Wheel
Learn color theory the easy and fun way with The Interactive Color Wheel.
Video
Beginner
Experiment with Background Colors
Experiment with your paintings to find the best background color.
Post
Beginner
Mixing to Match Colors
How to match colors through color mixing.
Post
Beginner
Painting on Panel
Approach painting as the Old Masters.
Post
Beginner
How to Varnish a Painting
Learn how to protect your paintings and make them look their best.
Video
Beginner
How to Prevent Artist Tape from Tearing Your Paper
Don't let the tape tear away your hard work.
Post
Beginner
How to Clean and Care for Your Brushes
Clean your brushes and they'll repay you with a long life.
Post
Beginner
The Multiple Rights of Art
There are many ways to be a great artist.
Post
Beginner
Is It OK to Draw and Paint From Photos?
A debated subject. Is it acceptable to work from photos?
Post
Beginner
The Importance of Critique
Critique is an important part of the process of improving your art.
Post
Beginner
Optical Color Mixing
Color mixing through perceived color when colors are placed near or next to each other.
Course
Beginner
Creative Mixed Media
This engaging course guides you through the process of combining various art mediums to create expressive artworks. You'll explore techniques such as creating harmony between mediums, incorporating text into paintings, photo transfers, polymer clay painting, altered books, assemblage sculpture, and artist trading cards.
Video
Beginner
Gettin' Sketchy - Season 10
Timed drawings in the style of artists from the past.
Video
Beginner
Acrylic Portrait Lesson
Learn how to paint a portrait with acrylics in this lesson that focuses on deliberate and visible brush strokes.
Post
Beginner
How to Mix Skin Tones
Learn how to mix skin tones using just red, yellow, brown, and white.
Video
Beginner
Acrylic Painting Lesson - Avocados
Learn how to paint directly in this lesson that explores basic acrylic painting techniques.
Video
Beginner
Apple with Acrylics
Learn basic acrylic painting techniques.
Class
Beginner
Cherries with Acrylics
Learn the process of painting a realistic still life of cherries using acrylic paints on 140 lb watercolor paper. This class begins with a detailed graphite sketch to establish the composition, followed by layering acrylic paints to build depth and realism.
Video
Beginner
Knife Painting with Acrylics
Learn how to create an acrylic painting using painting knives.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Direct Painting Part One
Part one of a two-part series on painting directly (Alla Prima) with acrylics.
Video
Beginner
The Acrylic Painting Academy - Direct Painting Part Two
Part two of a two-part series on painting directly (Alla Prima) with acrylics.
Class
Beginner
Still Life Painting with Acrylics
This foundational acrylics class guides you through the process of creating a still life painting of plums using acrylics. This class shows you how to layer multiple colors to build up depth and realism with acrylic paints.
Course
Intermediate
Colored Pencils PLUS
Unlock the full potential of colored pencils by combining them with various art media in this comprehensive course. You'll learn to integrate colored pencils with watercolor, Posca markers, alcohol-based markers, and ink washes.