Featured Art Articles

Explore a collection of art articles consisting of various art techniques, painting and drawing tutorials, helpful artist resources, master painting breakdowns and how to guides with step by step demonstrations. You will also discover a vast range of art articles that delve into different medium applications such as; oil painting, how to paint with watercolors, acrylic paints, soft pastels, charcoal drawing, pencil drawing, silverpoint and many others!

Painting a Night Sky with Step By Step Night Sky Painting Tutorial

The allure of painting a night sky has been with us ever since the invention of painting. Nature in general has mesmerized artists from the

June 26, 2020 6 Comments

How To Draw Clouds – Drawing Clouds with Charcoal

How to draw clouds introduction Learn how to draw clouds with this step by step tutorial! Cloud drawing can be one of the most satisfying

June 16, 2020 1 Comment

Fruit Still Life Painting Tutorial

Choosing the fruit for your still life painting For this fruit still life painting tutorial, I have chosen to paint a quince sitting on

March 19, 2020 No Comments

Green Color Mixing Guide – How To Make The Color Green

Learn how to make the color green How to make the color green can sometimes be a confusing topic to deal with, as it is

February 7, 2020 6 Comments

How To Draw a Rose Step By Step

How to draw roses can be a fun, yet difficult subject to learn to draw. However, as roses also have a clear structure to them,

February 5, 2020 1 Comment

Painting With Color and Light – Color Shading Light & Shadow Techniques

Light and shadow is a central component to painting as it is what makes up the light and dark areas of a work. For example

February 2, 2020 No Comments

Tonal Value Drawing

Getting a solid understanding and grasp on tonal values is the best thing you can do for your drawing and painting. As tonal values is

January 25, 2020 No Comments

Introductory guide to tonal values

The definition of tonal values in art is how light or dark something is on a scale of white to black. White is the lightest

January 22, 2020 No Comments

How to paint fog and mist

Transient effects can seem somewhat mysterious. Especially when it comes to figuring out how to paint fog and mist! However, like most things, painting mist

January 13, 2020 6 Comments