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Which Brushes Should You Use As A Beginner To Watercolors?

Art Blog | 11 Nov, 2012 | No Comments |

Are you interested in watercolor paining but are not sure where to start or even unsure as to what you need? ArtisanHQ's guide to which watercolor brushes should be used for the beginner painter is here to answer some basic questions and offer advice on what you need to begin your watercolor painting dream. If money[...]

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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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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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Graffiti Throwie – How To Do It

Beginner, Intermediate, Spraypaint | 27 Oct, 2012 | 54 Comments | 3 mins

This step by step video shows a young street artist showing you how to do a throwie. All the necessary steps are here to allow you to create your own tag and take it to the streets. Don't get caught mind!! The video has been sped up but the explanation text remains at normal speed[...]

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Sheldon Borenstein: How To Draw Portraits With Pastel

Beginner, Drawing, Intermediate, Pastels | 26 Oct, 2012 | 6 Comments | 9 mins

The first topic Sheldon covers in this video tutorial is the materials and he has decided to use a Strathmore pad and  Rembrant pastels. These pastels are very soft and ideally geared towards portraiture. Now this video is a start to finish sequence and you will find absolutely everything you need to know regarding pastels[...]

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Beginner’s Watercolor Lesson!

Is learning watercolors your desire? This video tutorial guides you through the very beginner stages of watercolors and teaches you the bleeding techniques necessary to wash and merge a variety of colors. From deep yellows to gorgeous violets and crimsons make any color merge a distinct possibility. With a classical track acting as a calming[...]

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How To Paint A Rose In Acrylic Paint – Grisaille

Acrylics, Beginner, Intermediate, Painting | 23 Oct, 2012 | 11 Comments | 7 mins

Are you a beginner in art looking to further yourself a little quicker? If the answer is yes then this could be the tutorial for you. In this art tutorial you will be painting a beautiful Rose in a Grisaille with Acrylic Paint which is a traditional old master's technique where firstly the under painting[...]

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How To Paint A Watercolor Part 2 – Beginner Tips

Beginner, Painting, Watercolour | 22 Oct, 2012 | 10 Comments | 2 mins

This concluding part has artist Ken Hobson discuss the importance of good quality brushes and also the importance of a diverse palette with essential colors which are key to the watercolor color spectrum. Great advice for the beginner watercolor artist. As a beginner painter I would heavily advise the viewing of this art tutorial as it[...]

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Lindsey Cormier: Abstract Acrylic Painting

Acrylics, Intermediate, Painting | 22 Oct, 2012 | 3 Comments | 5 mins

This fast paced sped up video of artist Lindsey Cormier shows quite nicely how there are no actual limits to an abstract piece. It all depends on the artist's interpretation and when they deem it is time to put a lid on their masterpiece. I particularly like the colors used in this circular abstract painting[...]

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Mark Crilley: How To Draw Backgrounds In One Point Perspective

Advanced, Beginner, Drawing, Intermediate, Pencil | 20 Oct, 2012 | 78 Comments | 14 mins

In this video you will learn the basic principles surrounding perspective, in particular 'one point' perspective. What this means is there is a viewpoint which leads to one vanishing point. Crilley describes the understanding behind it in some detail. It would be difficult to draw for a beginner or even as a first attempt but[...]

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How To Paint A Watercolor Part 1 – Beginner Lesson

Beginner, Painting, Watercolour | 19 Oct, 2012 | 20 Comments | 7 mins

Watercolors can be intimidating and difficult to master. But luckily that's why we have artists like Ken Hobson who starts their students out with a simple subject like this leaf. This part 1 of 2 videos demos is a step-by-step, how to paint a beginner watercolor. Just take half an hour out of your day[...]

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How To Tattoo Tutorial (Full Length) Tribal

Advanced, Beginner, Ink, Intermediate, Tattoo | 14 Oct, 2012 | 102 Comments | 57 mins

For the aspiring apprentice and beginner tattooist, to the curious bystander just wondering how it's all done. This video is a full length 'one-stop' must see. It literally covers the entire procedure, from the steralizing and cleaning prep work, to outlining, right the way through to shading and the eventual tribal tattoo design. You will[...]

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Spirit Williams: How To Carve A Flower Into Bass Wood

This is a flat bass wood carving tutorial aimed to guide your through the processes of wood carving at an intermediate and beginner. With excellent presentational skills Williams talks you through the fundamentals like the importance of clamping you wood block down with two 'g' clamps and to always work away from yourself to avoid[...]

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Amy Pearce: How To Paint Aspen Trees

Acrylics, Beginner, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 12 Oct, 2012 | 10 Comments | 14 mins

Here you will learn in a step by step fashion how to paint aspen trees on to canvas using acrylic paint. Artist Pearce begins the painting by applying a few large horizontal blends with a 4 inch brush to set the mood for the upcoming trees. Then using a natural sponge she dabs reds, oranges[...]

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Beginner’s Tutorial On Drawing The Male Body

Beginner, Drawing, Pencil | 11 Oct, 2012 | 1 Comment | 9 mins

This is a nice general video for beginner's to follow and discusses the basics of drawing the male form and it's proportions. Generally speaking the average body is 8 heads tall, so with this in mind that is the first thing to remember when ascertaining the height for your person you are drawing. The artist uses[...]

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‘Casting Off’ For Beginners

Beginner, Textiles | 04 Oct, 2012 | 7 Comments | 3 mins

As with everything you start it must come to an end. So this video shows you how to 'cast off' or aka 'bind off' your stitches so the design doesn't fall apart at the ends. Yet again, a nice clear and concise delivery is given so it makes for a pleasurable viewing[...]

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Terry Harrison: Paint In Acrylics Using Oil and Watercolor Techniques To Create Two Easy Trees

Acrylics, Beginner, Featured, Painting | 04 Oct, 2012 | 12 Comments | 3 mins

Fancy being able to paint a tree in under 30 secs which looks convincing? Then watch this!

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