For your inspiration today: a Scottish artist named Arthur Melville. You may have heard of him—he did quite well during his time. But I only recently came across his work. It’s his watercolors that I find particularly stunning. They have a wonderful combination of intricate details, pale washes that melt together in interesting and unpredictable ... Read more
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Learn about the specific materials Bower uses to achieve the “perfect” marriage of pencil and watercolor.
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Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Online Painting Classes A University Experienceâ Community-Based Learning Structured Comprehensive Online Painting Classes For Adults brought to you by an award winning artist Structured Community-Based Learning The Virtual Art Academy is a vibrant community of painters , from absolute beginners to more experienced artists that are working together on a structured program to improve our painting skills . The two key advantages of the Virtual Art Academy program : are COMMUNITY When you join the Virtual Art Academy , you become part of a vibrant and friendly community of learners from all over the globe to help motivate you to learn to paint better . Our unique community software
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: Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Congratulations VAA Alumni Student Ann Cahill : Selected for this year’s Royal International Womenâ s Day Art Prize Ann Cahill Tony Share Pin Email Tweet 0 Shares Get free painting tips and plein air painting techniques  sent straight to your inbox or on my social media . Well done Ann Cahill It’s always great news when a graduate of the Virtual Art Academy has a major success . So huge congratulations to Ann Cahill for being accepted into the Royal International Womenâ s Day Art Prize Comments from Ann Cahill Second year running I have won First Prize in an International Womenâ s Day Art Prize . This year my entry was very different to the last , was painted quickly in five
: Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Congratulations VAA Alumni Student Mona Sadek : Selected for this year’s Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition Mona Sadek The Smile Share Pin Email Tweet 0 Shares Get free painting tips and plein air painting techniques  sent straight to your inbox or on my social media . Well done Mona Sadek It’s always great news when a graduate of the Virtual Art Academy has a major success . So huge congratulations to Mona Sadek for being accepted into the Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in February 2024. Comments from Mona Sadek Very happy and somewhat in disbelief to have one of my portraits selected to show at the mall galleries in
: Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Painting for Beginners : What Is Color Bias Cat . No . 1310 Val di Chiana , Tuscany Italy Share Pin 398 Email Tweet 398 Shares Get free painting tips and plein air painting techniques  sent straight to your inbox or on my social media . What is color bias Understanding how color bias affects color mixing will make the difference between how to mix a color that is vivid and saturated , or ending up with a lower saturated or dull color . To get the brightest mixtures , choose base colours with a similar bias , meaning those that âleanâ toward each other on the colour . wheel For example , although you mix yellow and blue to make green , you have to understand which yellow
: Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Painting for Beginners : How to Mix Purple Cat . No . 1447 Wildflowers By The Window 15cm x 15cm Oil on Canvas 2021 Share Pin 1 Email Tweet 1 Shares Get free painting tips and plein air painting techniques  sent straight to your inbox or on my social media . This article is one of my how to mix” secondary colors blog posts . If you want to learn how to mix purple , there are a couple of things you need to understand . There are so many kinds of purple as there are oranges and greens , so we need to look at the history of purple . Purple is a staple hue for creating atmospheric perspective  and creating dimension in our works. The history of purple Let’s look at the 
: Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact The 10 Types of Contrast in Art Cat . No . 1351 Thailand Harbor 24cm x 24cm Oil on Linen 2020 Share Pin 140 Email Tweet 140 Shares Get free painting tips and plein air painting techniques  sent straight to your inbox or on my social media . Contrast is an important principle in art that helps create visual interest and emphasizes differences between elements of your painting . Some of the main principles of contrast in art : include 1. Value Contrast Value contrast in art involves variations in light and dark , where light values contrast with dark values to create depth and . form Rainy Day In Venice , by Barry John Raybould , 10in x 10in , Oil on Linen , 2007 2. Color Contrast
Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Congratulations VAA Alumni Student Georgie Rey : Selected for this years Pastel Art Society Exhibition Unlocking the Colorful World of Acrylic Painting for Beginners Master Profile : The Art Ivetta Lokhmatova Cat . No . 1500 Pink Geraniums , Italy Virtual Art Academy Alumni Work Plein Air Painting for Beginners Load More Subscribe YouTube BLOGS Barry’s Paintings Artist Magazine Alumni Paintings HELP SUPPORT Support Members Login Privacy Security REVIEWS Pochade Box Reviews Plein Air Easel Reviews Best Online Painting Classes : Virtual Art Academy Reviews GUIDES Oil Paints for Beginners Plein Air Painting Notan Pochade Boxes Plein Air Easels Painting Landscapes Atmospheric
Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Virtual Art Academy Professional Artists Alumni Share Pin 2 Email Tweet 2 Shares Why do students choose my Virtual Art Academy There are two key differences between the Virtual Art Academy and other online art : schools I do not enforce any particular style of painting , as do many teachers . Instead I concentrate on the core principles that underly all great paintings . This means that if you choose the Virtual Art Academy , you do not end up being a clone of your teacher , but instead , learn to express yourself using your own voice and creativity Just look at the variety of styles in the work of my alumni . students The information in the Virtual Art Academy covers the full
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: Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact The Best Nine Oil Paints for Beginners Marrakesh Medina , by Barry John Raybould , 22cm x 30cm , Oil on Linen , 2020 Share Pin 305 Email Tweet 305 Shares Table of Contents Toggle The Best Nine Oil Paints for Beginners Which are the best oil paints for beginners What are the important terms to understand when buying oil paints for beginners What are the three properties of oil paint colors Confusing terms to identify when buying oil paints for beginners What quality of paints do I need Oil paints for beginners tips Suggested palette of 9 oil paints for beginners What other colors can I add More blog posts about oil : paints FAQs about oil paints for beginners Additional links: Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Plein Air Painting : 16 Tips For Success Here are my 16 tips to make your plein air painting experience more successful , and tips on plein air painting . equipment Share Pin 189 Email Tweet 189 Shares Table of Contents Toggle Plein Air Painting : 16 Tips For Success Introduction Why I Love Plein Air Painting Getting Started and the Rules for Plein Air Painting Plein Air Painting Equipment and Supplies to Take on Your Plein Air Painting Trips My Top Plein Air Painting Tips My Top Plein Air Painting Techniques The Alla Prima Approach for Plein Air Painting What is the Alla Prima Process The Completed Award-Winning Plein Air Painting The Alla Prima Painting Process in Action The
Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact Curriculum About Pricing Free Tips Blog Log In Contact A Guide To Critiquing Art : My Visual Music Poetry® Model Share Pin 23 Email Tweet 23 Shares Get free painting tips and plein air painting techniques  sent straight to your inbox or on my social media . Why is critiquing art important for a painter Art criticism has a long history . Critiquing art is the best way to develop as a painter . Once you understand how to critique art and the key factors that master artists apply in their work , you will be able to create great artworks of your own . But critiquing art is a very confusing and often controversial topic . I created a special Visual Music Poetry ® course , to teach a much more objective and simple approach to critiquing .
Here’s a small painting fresh off the easel, New Zealand, Botanical Gardens. I used a limited palette for this one. Just four colors plus titanium white. Alizarin crimson, transparent red oxide, cadmium yellow, and ultramarine blue. Painting with a limited palette is an interesting exercise and I suggest you try it yourself from time to ... Read more
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Julie Freeman, hyperrealist in soft pastels, shares her work and process as well as the evolution of her artist identity and creative expression.
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Gail shares guidelines on how to paint reflections on water. She takes you through a demo to illustrate them. It’s from the IGNITE! Membership.
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Bad paintings. We always want to avoid doing them and yet, we need the bad ones to get to the good ones, the ones where we make a breakthrough!
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Sometimes you have to get a little creative to achieve the painting effect you need.
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: Life Lessons from Dinosaurs Art from Dinotopia plus whimsical wisdom James Gurney This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators , plein-air painters , sketchers , comic artists , animators , art students , and writers . You'll find practical studio tips , insights into the making of the Dinotopia books , and first-hand reports from art schools and . museums Blog Index Academic Painters 609 Animals 323 Animation 135 Architecture 37 Art By Committee 44 Art Podcasts 3 Art Schools 105 Audio 35 Book reviews 82 Casein Painting 91 Catskill Mountains 11 Clementoons 12 Color 248 Color and Light Book 83 Comics Cartooning 169 Composition 105 Computer Graphics 107 Dinosaurs 112 Dinotopia 231 Effects Phenomena 44 Elementary Schools 10 Figure Drawing 65 GJ Book Club 7 Golden Age
While art doesn’t depend on expensive tools, these thoughtful upgrades can bring added ease and satisfaction to your studio work.
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Watercolor artist, Lisa Tennant, creates award-winning works that explore urban landscapes and the fleeting beauty of decay and transition.
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I just put the finishing touches on this painting: Kedron Park Sunflowers. I left the background and sky a bit vague and rough. In isolation, it almost looks unfinished. But it felt like enough in the context of the whole painting. Leaving these areas vague has two key benefits: First, it focuses your attention on ... Read more
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: Life Lessons from Dinosaurs Art from Dinotopia plus whimsical wisdom James Gurney This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators , plein-air painters , sketchers , comic artists , animators , art students , and writers . You'll find practical studio tips , insights into the making of the Dinotopia books , and first-hand reports from art schools and . museums Blog Index Academic Painters 609 Animals 323 Animation 135 Architecture 37 Art By Committee 44 Art Podcasts 3 Art Schools 105 Audio 35 Book reviews 82 Casein Painting 91 Catskill Mountains 11 Clementoons 12 Color 248 Color and Light Book 83 Comics Cartooning 169 Composition 105 Computer Graphics 107 Dinosaurs 112 Dinotopia 231 Effects Phenomena 44 Elementary Schools 10 Figure Drawing 65 GJ Book Club 7 Golden Age
Fly with pastels and streamline your supplies—see what I pack, why I pack it, and how I make it through airport security stress-free!
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Skip to content Menu Menu Start Here Articles Videos Supply List Gallery Products Free Tools Newsletter Members About Frank Johnston’s Sunset in the Bush October 24, 2024 by Dan Scott For your inspiration today : Frank Johnston’s Sunset in the Bush Johnston was a Canadian artist and a member of the Group of Seven . This painting caught my eye with its painterly brushwork and glowing sunlight . Frank Johnston , Sunset in the Bush , 1918 A few observations : It’s a fairly quiet and understated painting , with more of the focus on the dark trees and plants in the foreground rather than the yellow-glowing sky above . There’s a peacefulness and stillness to it , as if we are standing there in the bush watching the sunlight . fade The sky showing through gaps in the tree canopy creates an