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Collection Of Oil Paintings By “Wai Ming”

Advanced, Experts, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 20 May, 2013 | 5 Comments | 4 mins

A collection of paintings by the artist Wai Ming The world that we live in today, has provided us with technology so that we can appreciate art from all over the world. We can either view artists from different countries either on the internet, or if fortunate enough we can travel to other countries and experience[...]

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Oil Painting Demonstration

Newly Added, Oils, Painting | 19 Apr, 2013 | 5 Comments | 10 mins

This is a demonstration of oil painting by[...]

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Lauren Sarantopulos “Painting towards a Happy Future”

Experts, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 04 Dec, 2012 | No Comments | 8 mins

Eleanor Roosevelt once said that “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" and this is exactly true for a little girl who who became interested in art at an early age. The little girl in question, is called “Lauren Sarantopulos” and Lauren first became interested in art at the age[...]

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Bill Alexander: Step By Step Oil Painting Lesson Of Holiday Mountain

Oil painter William (Bill) Alexander was born in 1915 in East Prussia. From a young age he painted, and quite frequently painted murals for wealthy aristocrats on the run up to the war. With a supportive family of Bill's talent they all immigrated to North America where his dream was to build a house and[...]

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Darrell Crow: Painting Crashing Waves (Pt 5/19 How To Paint Water Series)

Advanced, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 30 Oct, 2012 | 19 Comments | 15 mins

Darrell Crow uses a nice wide variety of brushes and techniques to teach in his own unique way how you can paint a beautiful crashing wave within a seascape. He talks about reference lines and to some extent creating a box to draw the wave within. Easy to pick up step by step approach for[...]

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Michael Shapcott: Painting An Exotic Lady

Paint detailed paintings with a variety of mediums!!!

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Becky Joy: Painting ‘The Superstitions’…A Landscape Painting In Oil Paints

Advanced, Experts, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 28 Oct, 2012 | No Comments | 3 mins

Here is another art video which highlights the artist Becky Joy as she paints from her studio the mountainous area known as 'the superstitions'. Like most of her artwork, Becky joy enjoys using a softer palette to paint with and this painting is certainly no different. Shadows cast by the natural light source are laid down[...]

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Quang Ho: Learn How to Paint with Oils

Advanced, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 28 Oct, 2012 | 1 Comment | 3 mins

This video demonstrates some collective skills acquired over the years by artist and teacher Quang Ho. The video touches on three or four different areas surrounding the use of brushes, tones and highlighting and the use of the oils on the canvas. Ho talks through each practice and relays what he is doing back to[...]

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Becky Joy: A Quick Step By Step Video Showing A Landscape Painting In Progress

Advanced, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 28 Oct, 2012 | No Comments | 1 mins

Becky Joy was born and raised in Oregon in the Willamette Valley. Like most artists she was unable to unveil her true potential as an artist until later on in her life due to responsibilities and practicality. But after her two children grew up and became young adults Becky was able to study the art she[...]

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Wet On Wet Oil Paints Technique To Create Foliage

Beginner, Intermediate, Mediums, Oils, Painting | 28 Oct, 2012 | No Comments | 6 mins

This lesson focuses on a few techniques where you can use a palette knife to achieve some very interesting shapes and textures which can be plied to create an array of foliages for your oil painting. Traditionally a 1 inch or 2 inch brush would be used to stipple the oil paint onto the canvas to[...]

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How To Begin A Landscape Painting Using Oils

Beginner, Featured, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 27 Oct, 2012 | 2 Comments | 14 mins

Learn how to begin a landscape painting in this great educational video!

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William Gelvin: Painting A Wet On Wet Landscape For Beginners (Playlist)

Beginner, Intermediate, Oils, Painting, Playlists | 27 Oct, 2012 | 19 Comments | 58 mins

Ever popular artist William Gelvin introduces beginners and intermediates to join him in the video playlist where he creates a stunning landscape from start to finish. His step by step approach and expert knowledge of oils and the required tools allows for a very successful and easy to learn from video tutorial. Everything is covered[...]

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Claire Watson: How To Dry Brush Basics

Beginner, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 26 Oct, 2012 | 19 Comments | 14 mins

In this video tutorial you will learn how to dry brush with Claire Watson. The first half of the video describes the variety of brushes used and not forgetting the kitchen roll and the eraser. The paints are Windsor and Newton artisan oils and they are her choice of paints for the dry brushing. She[...]

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Scott Naismith: Glazing Techniques With Oil Painting

Advanced, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 24 Oct, 2012 | 7 Comments | 5 mins

This video tutorial has Scottish oils artist Naismith showing an oil painting from around 7 years ago being reworked having been unhappy with the results back then. The painting develops using various opaque and translucent techniques. Some inspirational material is shown including videos taken in the Isle of Harris and a photo from Loch Fyne,[...]

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Chris Saper: Portrait Tips For Oils

Advanced, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 23 Oct, 2012 | 3 Comments | 1 mins

In this video tutorial Chris Saper talks of the amount of natural and artificial light which has impacted on her portrait. She tells of how it's important to notice the warm tones and ambient colors to help justify your renderings within the painting. Her use of the exact same pigment from the background is used[...]

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Darrell Crow: Painting Shoreline Reflections With Detailing (Pt 9/19 How To Paint Water Series)

Advanced, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 21 Oct, 2012 | 2 Comments | 4 mins

Very similar to Pt 8/19 except this time Crow allows the artist to have a go at painting gentle ripples at the base of the shoreline as well as adding more detailing to the actual river bank. The palette knife is again used alongside his beloved 'fan brush' which Crow also decides to add a[...]

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