Art and Painting Tips: Artistic Advice and In-depth Art Tutorials for Artists

In today’s video clip, talented watercolor painter and art educator Linda Baker explains how to look at a “finished” painting and find further ways to improve it. . . read more

For those looking for a more inexpensive way to create texture in your painting, I suggest you look into using FLEXALL® patch material, which can most likely be found at your local hardware store. . . read more

Today, Linda Baker will demonstrate the basic techniques for pouring watercolors, as well as explain how she uses masking to control the flow of color. Take a look. . . read more

Today, watercolor painter Dale Laitinen shows some of the mark-making versatility you can achieve with just a few different paintbrush sizes at hand. . . read more

In today’s video, watercolor painter Dale Laitinen demonstrates a fairly easy method for covering a distant hill in realistic looking trees. . . read more

In today's video clip, Martha Saudek discusses some of the elements that affect how water is illuminated by light, and the means by which she recreates that on canvas. Take a look. . . read more

This week’s video clip on EmptyEasel comes from watercolor painter Taylor Ikin, who is demonstrating how easy it is to modify and adjust watercolor pigment when painting on synthetic Yupo paper rather than traditional paper.. . . read more

In today’s video clip, Terry Isaac will demonstrate how using the right materials can make transferring a drawing to your canvas very simple. In fact, all you need is some transfer paper and a pencil. As you’ll see in the video below, Terry is creating a wildlife painting from. . . read more

In today's video, Sherrill Kahn demonstrates how to achieve an airbrush-style effect on paper or fabric using acrylic paint and sponges. . . read more

The all-important "warm-up" exercise. . . it applies to workouts of all sorts, including sessions in the art studio. And for good reason! I’m sitting in my studio this morning looking at a "cold" portrait. . . read more

Today, Sherri Haab demonstrates how easy it is to use a simple pattern (like a Celtic knot, for example) along with a sheet of PMC to create a classic clay pendant. . . read more

Today we have a rare opportunity to “look over the shoulder” of mixed media artist Lesley Riley while she designs a collage/fabric book using photographic transfers, scraps of cloth, and other bits of material. . . read more

In today’s video, Mark Mehaffey demonstrates a unique method of painting by using a mouth atomizer to spray small amounts of watercolor onto his paper. . . read more