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Drawing
Drawing skills, sketching, charcoal and drawing materials.
Drawing Skills
Sketching Charcoal
- How to Get Better at Sketching: A Beginner's Roadmap
- Sketching Portraits for Beginners
- Sketching with Charcoal: Techniques, Paper and Pitfalls
- The Essential Sketching Supplies List
- Travel Sketching for Beginners: Light Kit and Easy Subjects
- Why Sketching Matters: Benefits for Your Art and Your Brain
Drawing Materials
Oil & Acrylic
Oil painting basics and technique, acrylics and comparing paint types.
Oil Basics
- How to Get Started with Oil Painting
- Beginner Oil Painting Tips That Save Time and Money
- Choosing Oil Colours: A Starter Palette
- How to Clean Oil Painting Brushes Safely
- Materials Required for Oil Painting: A Starter Checklist
- Oil Paint Reviews: Student vs Artist Grade Brands
- Working with Oil Paint: Safety, Drying Time and Basic Rules
Oil Technique
- The Oil Painting Method: From Underpainting to Final Layer
- Oil Painting Background Techniques for Depth and Focus
- Oil Painting Color Theory and Mixing Basics
- Oil Painting Composition: Principles That Make Pictures Work
- Oil Painting Mediums Explained: Linseed Oil, Liquin and More
- Toning a Canvas for Oil Painting: Why and How to Do It
- Value in Oil Painting: Mastering Light and Dark
- What Type of Brush to Use for Oil Paint
Acrylic Painting
Paint Medium Comparisons
Watercolor
Watercolor basics, supplies, paper, techniques, color and project ideas.
Watercolor Basics
- Watercolor Painting Basics for Beginners: Start Here
- Easy Watercolor Painting Ideas for Beginners
- Is Watercolor Painting Easy? An Honest Look
- Steps to Watercolor Painting: A First Painting Tutorial
- Watercolor Painting Tricks That Improve Your Results
- Watercolor Painting Vocabulary: Terms Every Beginner Should Know
Watercolor Supplies
Watercolor Paper Surfaces
Watercolor Techniques
Watercolor Color Composition
- Color Theory for Watercolor Painting
- Composition in Watercolor Painting: Layouts That Guide the Eye
- Negative Space Painting in Watercolor
- Painting Skin Tones in Watercolor: Mixes That Look Natural
- Perspective in Watercolor Painting
- Value in Watercolor Painting: Planning Lights and Darks
- Watercolor Painting Mixing Colors: A Simple Starting Guide
Watercolor Subjects Projects
- Plein Air Painting in Watercolor: Gear, Setup and Workflow
- Easy Cityscape Watercolor Painting in Simple Steps
- How to Draw for Watercolor Painting: Light Sketch Methods
- How to Paint Clouds in Watercolor
- Large Scale Watercolor Painting: Paper, Brushes and Control
- Travel Watercolor Painting: Kits and Tips for the Road
- Watercolor Techniques for Painting Water: Ripples to Reflections
Finishing & Practice
Finishing and presenting your work, plus practice and creativity.
Finishing Presenting
- How to Finish a Painting: Knowing When It Is Done
- How to Frame and Protect a Pastel Drawing
- How to Label a Painting for Exhibition: What to Include
- How to Mount a Watercolor Painting: Mats and Backing Steps
- How to Name Your Painting: Ways to Find a Fitting Title
- What to Put on the Back of a Painting: Details Worth Adding