As artists, we all find ourselves in the occasional creative rut, and one of the best paths back into your creative practice is to experiment with something new! Artist and instructor Kateri Ewing invites you to dive into the unknown through an expressive, gestural watercolor style. With Kateri’s guidance, you’ll start by dropping color into a water glaze on paper and see if any shapes or subjects emerge. Embrace a collaborative experience with your materials as you then lift, push, and pull the pigment to refine the shape, using colored pencils and pens to define your subject.
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How to Draw Fur & Feathers With Colored Pencil
Strengthen your colored pencil skills when creating portraits of your beloved pets or feathered friends with help from artist and expert Cynthia Knox. If you find yourself captivated by the glossy sheen of fur or the vibrancy of feathers but don’t know how to capture…
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Using Watercolor Techniques with Acrylic Paint
Where does acrylic stop and watercolor begin? The line between water-based media gets blurred as you explore this fun technique! In this video, artist and instructor Peter John Reid uses acrylic paints diluted with water for a flowing effect on canvas or watercolor paper. He…
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Painting Portraits: Mixing Warm & Cool Colors for Skin Tone
Artists frequently use the terms “warm” and “cool” when discussing color, but how does this distinction play out when painting the subtleties of skin tones? Join oil painting portrait artist Brian Neher for this lesson on how to paint skin tones in oil paints, with…
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The Artist’s Approach to Trees
We all know a tree when we see one, but if you’ve ever tried to draw or paint a realistic tree, you know—there’s a lot more to observe than you can catch at first glance! In this video, acrylic artist and author Peter John Reid…
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