6 Tips to Make Money Off Your Art | Guide to Selling for Artists [Video]

Welcome, fellow artists... near and far! Ever wondered if it's truly possible to sell your artwork? Always been afraid to take that first step in making money off your art? Well, here, I want to share my top 6 tips with you as to how you can make money off your artwork—yes, seriously! This applies …

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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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How to Paint Realistic Fruits & Still-Life Pictures

Welcome, fellow painter... Ready to learn how to make beautiful, realistic-looking fruits with just a couple paintbrush strokes? Because, really, painting fruits is a key skill for all artists to learn. And it's actually a lot easier that it looks—all it takes is some attention to detail, plus a bit of practice. And, no, "talent" …

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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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5 Methods for Adding Lowlights to Your Paintings

Hey there, fellow artist! Welcome to a super-duper useful blog post in which we will go over how to create "lowlights" in any painting you create. Lowlights go hand-in-hand with highlights, which we covered in a previous post as well. When used in conjunction with highlights, lowlights, or areas of perceived "darkness" in a painting, …

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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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What Is “Value” in Painting & Why Does it Matter?

Welcome, fellow artists, to a quick crash course in "value"—one of the key elements of art, and one of the key pieces to making your paintings look beautiful. We've already gone over color theory in the past, which is just as important to understand when it comes to painting, whether you prefer working in acrylics, …

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