Tell a Story with Your Art | How to Give Depth to Your Paintings [Video]

Hello, fellow artist. Ever wanted to tell a story or convey a "deeper meaning" with your paintings? Well, that's what we're all here to chat about today. Because art is about telling a story to your viewers, even if you don't realize you're doing it. So, check out the full video below in which we …

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Free “7 Elements of Art” Workshop | Online Class for Painters with Video & Workbook

Get excited, fellow painters, because we're about to take a crash course through one of the most important topics to learn in the painting world: the 7 elements of art. Now, this is a full, free (!) painting workshop/class that you can take right here, right now. A full 3-page workbook is also included, and …

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Join the Color Theory for Painters “Guessing Game” [Video]

Welcome, artists, to another video/vlog on all things painting! And today's video is going to be quite a bit different (although, honestly we say that every time)... because we're going to play a bit of a game. Roll with us on this! Actually, this is a bit of a "quiz game" in which your knowledge …

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How to Add Value to Your Paintings | Video on Creating Realistic Artwork for Beginners

Howdy, fellow artist! Today, I want to share a little bit of a secret with you. And it's called... well, how to add "value" to your paintings. And, just so we're clear—I'm talking about value as an element of art, not as in how to make your paintings more "valuable". Now, of course, if you're …

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Line, Shape & Form: 3 Key Elements to Your Paintings

Hey there once again, fellow artists, and welcome to a quick-fire lesson in just a few of the elements of art—which, if you didn't know, are just some of the key components that we should try to add to our paintings to make them speak to us visually. Now, there are actually 7 total elements …

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2 Ways to Add Highlights to Your Paintings

Welcome, fellow painter! Let's go over some quick and easy ways to add value to your paintings. Value is, of course, a lot of things in the world of art—but, here, we're talking about value in terms of highlights and lowlights. Specifically, we're going to cover highlights in this article. Why Should I Add Highlights …

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