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Do You Want to Learn How to Paint
Millions of people are painting and you can paint, too!
This page will provide you with the essential tools and inspiration you need from selecting the right beginner's supplies to the fundamentals of color and composition.
Let me share five easy things to jump start your painting adventure.
How Do We Paint Good Art?
You can create good art using the big three!
Understand how to paint good art with good composition, values and color choices.
Learn how to use these three important fundamental to create diverse and captivating artwork!
Do You Want to Paint Some Delightful Daisies?
Enjoy the art of painting while learning how to paint daisies with an easy step-by-step tutorial.
Paint these white daisy flowers with oil paint or use the same steps to paint them using acrylic.
The white daisies stand out perfectly against the darker artistic background.
Continue reading "Do You Want to Paint Some Delightful Daisies?"
How to Start an Artwork Painting
Use five easy steps to start a painting. You can start any painting with these steps.
Use the steps to start painting the tutorials and you can use them to paint your own individual creations.
But, how do we start painting a landscape? Do we start painting the main subject, the foreground or the background? How do we start a portrait painting?
Rule of Thirds Creates Easy Compositions
Create dynamic compositions with the rule of thirds.
It's the artists' shortcut for an easy composition. The idea started back in the 1700a and artists and photographers have been using it ever since.
When we have a good compositions we can concentrate on the color and other aspects of the painting.
How do we use the rule of thirds? Where is the ideal position for the subject?
Why don't we just put the subject in the center of the painting?
Should we always design our compositions with the thirds rule? What if our painting has more than one focal point, does the rule of thirds still work?
Color bias: the key to realistic colors
Have you ever struggled with getting the perfect color mixture? Is it possible the culprit could be color bias?
Find the answers as we look at questions about color bias. What exactly is color bias and how does the painting artist use it?
Is that why some of our color mixtures turn out muddy looking? Is bias the same as warm and cool colors? Is there a difference?
What colors do we mix to get realistic, natural looking colors? How do we identify the bias of the popular paint colors?
What Color Do We Paint The Ocean?
Learn how to paint the beautiful ocean colors.
Get inspired with creative tips and guidance in a tutorial to master the art of capturing the ocean's stunning hues!
The tutorial also includes an easy way to paint clouds.
How to Do Oil Painting
This how to do painting guide helps intermediate artists create a stunning artwork of a horse running in the surf.
You will enjoy doing this step-by-step tutorial from the start to the finishing details.
Following the two rules of oil painting makes this painting logical and easy.
How to Paint a Dog
It's easy to paint this fun dog on canvas.
A step-by-step dog painting with professional techniques on how to use oil paints.
This dog painting tutorial uses only 3 colors.
Ideas for Your Home Art Studio
Get your creativity flowing with your own art space.
Where would be a good place to put your art studio and what should you put it?
What's the best light for painting? What about supplies and furniture?
The Steps on How to Paint a Painting
You will amaze your friends when you know how to paint a painting.
Learn the basic steps of painting a picture. Get the important guidelines for painting with watercolors & oils.
Flower paintings bring joy to our homes!
Flowers are one of my passions whether it's growing or painting them.
We can paint from real flowers or make them up out of our artist's head.
This painting is a combination of both real and imagined flowers.
It was fun painting this flower bouquet with an artist's butterfly coming to visit.
Easy Painting Ideas for Beginners
You want to start painting?
Start with simple, yet delightful projects that aid your progress while celebrating your creative expression.
How to Glaze Watercolor
Glazing with watercolor is the key to rich, luminous watercolor paintings.
What's the difference between a glaze and a wash?
Learn how to layer transparent colors effectively with a step-by-step guide of painting some luscious mangoes.
How Do We Tell a Moth from a Butterfly?
Moths and butterflies are both good subjects for a painting.
Moths are related to butterflies and they look similar.
But, what's the difference between a moth and a butterfly?
There are nine differences that help identify a moth from a butterfly.
Learning to Paint
Learning to paint is fun! Millions of people are painting and you can too!
Use these five easy things to jump start your painting journey.
Overcoming an Artist's Block
How to survive an artist's block. All artists can have blocks or delays, but we get over it.
What is an art block? How do we get started painting again?
Do an Easy Butterfly Painting
Get creative with an easy butterfly painting tutorial.
Discover the joy of drawing and painting a vibrant Monarch Butterfly with simple watercolor techniques.
How to Paint a Beach Scene
Uncover the secrets on how to paint a beach with a comprehensive guide on creating stunning beach art.
Paint step by step from the sky to the beach foam.
What is Fine Art?
Distinguish 'What is Fine Art' from arts and crafts. Unravel the distinctions, appreciate the vibrancy of each, and their roles in our world today.
Easy Painting Ideas for Beginners
Are you looking for easy painting ideas for beginners?
Unlock simple yet delightful projects that aid your progress while celebrating your creative expression.
Prophetic Painting of Victory
Last year the Lord showed me a vision of a bunch of balloons rising up in the air. I painted it and wondered what it meant? He said it meant, "Celebrating Victory".
Sometimes we just need to celebrate a victory before it happens. We start celebrating and then it comes to pass. God is so good!
Can painting daily help improve your art?
You bet it will!
Painting daily will put your art into overdrive!
There is a current craze among the art community to complete a small painting every day.
Regular painting is the best way to learn how to paint! You don’t have to paint perfect. Just paint more often.
Continue reading "Can painting daily help improve your art?"
Values are the backbone of paintings
Every artist needs to know how to use values in painting.
Color is fun, but using values, light and dark colors is what creates strong attractive paintings.
Learn the ins and outs of painting values.
