Introduction: Color is one of the most captivating elements in art, and understanding color theory is essential for painters at all skill levels. Whether you're a beginner or an advan… Read More

Color Blending: Acrylics are great for blending colors. Experiment with mixing different colors directly on the canvas to create smooth transitions and gradients.Color blending is indeed one… Read More

Learning to paint naturalism paintings is a rewarding and challenging endeavor that involves mastering various techniques, observing the natural world keenly, and developing a deep understan… Read More

Step by step-Painting-Cat-Head-With-Acrylic Step 1  For this bobcat head, start with a tan base color and then add three other colors: a light gray, a darker bluish color and a dark… Read More

The-Oil-Alternative  My approach for creating oil portraits shares several similarities with my watercolor work; for example, I use a similar palette for both-yellow ochre, cerulean… Read More

Master-Realism-1 Whether you work in watercolor or oil, here bow to give your portraits rich, lifelike fleshtones. By Paul W. McCormack I’ve always taken my artistic inspiration… Read More

Outside-The-Box-Learn-From-The Master By Joe Garcia   I’m a dedicated wildlife artist, painting mostly North American birds and mammals, because I’m fascinated with these… Read More

Pastels-And-Fixative-Debating By Carmi Weingrod Pastelists have been debating about fixatives since the eighteenth century. Now, after more than two hundred years of dialogue… Read More

What Are Pastel? Pastels are powdered colours mixed with water and chalk or oil and chalk, and made into sticks. Some manufacturers put in a binder to stop the pastels crumbling; the softe… Read More

Watercolor Techniques - Dominance - Colors Dominance Pay extra attention to this most often over looked color peculiarity. Color dominance needs to be considered when more than one color… Read More

Watercolor Techniques - Staining - Colors Dark Staining When a pigment tints the fiber of the paper it is called a staining color.These colors behave like a dye. The staining nature in… Read More

Watercolor Techniques - Sedimentary - Colors Sedimentary Colors Sedimentary, or granulating, colors are made from physically heavy pigments, Because of their weight, sedimentary colors s… Read More

Watercolor Techniques - Reflective - Colors Reflective colors  Reflective colors behave the opposite way of the true transparent pigments. The most transparent colors act like stain… Read More

Watercolor Techniques - Opaque - Colors Opaque Colors Though all Watercolors called transparent are luminous in thin Washes, some have more body than others. These opaque or body colors… Read More

Watercolor Techniques - Transparent - Colors Transparent Color These wonderful, glowing, luminous colors that all water colorists love behave similarly to stained glass. They let light p… Read More

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Paint Brush - Technical - Q&AQ. Can I use my acrylic and watercolor brushes for painting with water soluble oils? A. You may use your brushes any way you choose if you get the results… Read More

Paint Brush What you need to know about Watercolor BrushesIf you're a watercolor painter, you have two basic categories of brush to consider when selecting the right tool to suit your p… Read More

Paint Brush Know-How to select the brushes that gives you the painting results you're after, whether you work in oils, acrylic or watercolor. No other piece of an artist's equipment is mo… Read More

Drawing Tutorials - The proper way to stripe a Tiger As simple as one might think placing tiger's stripes would be, some particular observations may be of help. The number, shape and thic… Read More

Drawing tutorials - the tiger's appearanceTigers stand high on the list when it comes to the number of animals with which an artist needs to be familiar. It seems there are more divergenc… Read More

Color Pencil drawing - basic coloring technique The Value ScalePerhaps the single most important principle in learning to make pictures is understanding the value scale. It is simply a seri… Read More

Oil Painting TechniquesOil paint is a very versatile medium. Anyone who paints in oils would do well to explore as many different techniques as possible. Some of them are bound to come in ha… Read More

Tips Of The Day Q: Can you recommend a practical way to replicate the gold grounds often seen in medieval and Renaissance paintings?A: Although there are several excellent gold acrylic pai… Read More

Drawing Lion Head in Seven Easy Steps 1. Draw a horizontal, two crossing verticals and an X beneath, leaving an enclosure slightly deeper than wide. 2. Then draw two small eye… Read More

Drawing Lion Head in Seven Easy Steps 1. Draw a horizontal, two crossing verticals and an X beneath, leaving an enclosure slightly deeper than wide. 2. Then draw two small eye… Read More

What Are Acrylic For Art Painting Acrylics are the only new paint to have come onto the market for centuries. Introduced in about 1962, they are as versatile as it is possible to imagine… Read More

Papers and Boards Arches 140-Ib. coldpress, Arches 140-lb. hot press,Strathmore 2-ply plate finish bristol board, Crescent #112 rough watercolor board, and gessoed Aquarius watercolor… Read More

What are the proper Brushes For Watercolor Painting This can be confusing for the beginning water colorist.  Many people are natural collectors and seem to accumulate every gadget… Read More

Six Do's and Don'ts For establishing Accurate Values 1. When painting, never judge a value independently but always in relationship to at least two other values. for study purposes only… Read More

DRAWING TIGER HEAD -IN EIGHT EASY STEPS 1.Lightly sketch a circle. Divide it as shown. 2. Then mark off each half of the horizontal line in thirds.  Do the same with the bottom… Read More