Will Kemp Art School -- Over 40 articles and 10 hours of free art-instruction videos from Will Kemp, an award-winning professional artist and teacher. Will covers acrylic painting techniques, oil painting techniques, portrait painting, color theory and more!

Limited Value Monochromatic Paint Study -- Artist Tenaya Sims explains value relationships and teaches you how to accurately depict dark/light relationships in your paintings in order to acheive 3-dimensionality.

Painting Techniques (videos) -- Bob Davies provides a series of instructional painting videos that teach you how to paint. He does a great job of explaining the materials needed and gives helpful advice as he paints. His tips for painting trees and clouds are especially helpful.

Free Painting Lessons -- TheVirtualInstructor.com provides free art lessons for learning how to paint in acrylic, oil, watercolor, and pastel. Color theory, compostion, and art materials are also covered. Most of the lessons include video tutorials.

Artisan HQ -- Discover free video art tutorials in a wide variety of art media and styles - everything from grafitti lessons to oil painting demonstrations on how to create realistic portraits.

Free Art Lessons -- Free online art demonstrations in a variety of media.

Art-is-fun.com -- With a delightful enthusiasm for art, Thaneeya gives advice for drawing and painting with acrylics, watercolors, colored pencils, ink, and pastel. She also provides an overview of artistic styles and subjects with wonderful examples of art to inspire you.

The Alphabet of Art -- A visual notation system developed by the late Robert J. McKnight that explains, in simple terms, the elements of visual design.

The Paint Basket -- Go to the "For Artists" section and checkout the many goodies there. Our favorite is the Reference Photos collection. Instant inspiration: landscapes, cottages, boats, animals, flowers, and more!

Human Figure Proportions & Portrait Painting -- Don Jusko gives guidelines for the face and figure. He also references Elizabeth Vigee-LeBrun's thoughtful advice for painting portraits.

Tutorial on Composition -- We love this tutorial by Peter Saw. It teaches the fundamental aspects of composition in a fun, interactive way.

Explore-Drawing-and-Painting.com -- Artist Connie Nelson shares her insights about drawing and painting, delving into techniques and advice for Alla Prima Painting in Oils, Plein Air Painting, Using Photos as a Reference, and more.

Arty Articles by Nita Leland -- A multitude of great articles on color, paint, technique, marketing, setting up an artist's studio, and more.

16 Lessons in Color Theory -- Learn all about primary and secondary colors, triads, and the fundamentals of color mixing. Learn how to use color to show perspective and how to create the color effects caused by both artificial and natural light.

Optical Mixtures -- Jay Jensen describes the three basic methods of creating optical mixtures in painting: juxtaposition, scumbling, and glazing.

John Hagan's Art Lessons -- Includes excellent tips for painting aerial perspective, light and shade, and portraits. Though he works mostly in oils, his tips are applicable to all painting mediums.

Painting Tips (videos) -- Watercolorist Tony van Hasselt introduces color basics (hue, value, chroma) and shares tips for creating shadows, reflections, and figures.

FineArtTips.com - How To Tips -- Lori McNee's fine art blog provides advice to artists for everything from creating your own compact, portable pochade box to guidelines for arranging your painting palette.

ARTiful, painting demos -- Step by step free painting demos and tutorials in watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, pastels, oils, ink... by visual artist Sandrine Pelissier.

Landscape and Marine Paintings (Watercolour & Oil Demonstrations) -- Alistair Butt gives demonstrations for several of his paintings in both watercolor and oils. In addition to sharing his tips and techniques for painting, he also has sections offering advice about brushes, paints, papers, and other art materials.

Color & Landscape Painting -- Carol Santora provides a good overview, but no pictures.

Making Waves -- Don Jusko gives guidelines for sketching and painting ocean waves.

Painting Tips -- William Scott Jennings helps beginning and intermediate artists by sharing his insights on: the stages of painting, how to decide how much foreground detail is needed, and painting on location.

The Power of Placement -- Donald Clegg discusses good composition and dynamic placement, demonstrating how to provide unity and guide the viewer's eye throughout the painting or toward the point of the interest.

Romantic & Real -- Donald Clegg teaches how important the backdrop or background is in your paintings, and how it can act as a complement or contrast to your still life subjects.

Essential Painting How To's -- About.com provides step-by-step information and essential techniques for beginner painters.

Painting -- A collection of brief painting tutorials covering everything from tools used to create texture to color theory.

Painting Q & A -- Testing colors, lighting considerations, materials, techniques, and more.

Color Theory -- Questions and answers about color and color mixing.

Before You Buy Painting Supplies -- About.com gives an overview of things you should know and consider before you buy painting supplies.

Brush Glossary -- Daniel Smith explains the various brush shapes and hairs/bristles available.

Brush Care -- Daniel Smith explains how to care for your brushes - a must read!

Stretching Unprimed Linen -- In addition to explaining how to stretch linen, this article by Daniel Smith covers the differences between cotton and linen, addressing the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Stretching Cotton Canvas -- Another Daniel Smith article.

Wood Art Panels -- Paul Solomon discusses the different types of wood used to make art panels, such as hardboard, MDF, plywood, etc, and the relative pluses and minuses of each type. He also explains how wood deteriorates, and how artists can take steps to prevent it. Moreover he provides important information about the adhesion of paint layers and explains why some types of primers are better than others.

My Canvas-Masonite Panel Support -- Susan Savad describes how to cut and prepare masonite panels for acrylic paintings.

Make Your Own Two-Sided Masonite Panels -- Durable, warp-free supports for artists who prefer painting on a rigid surface.

Preparing the Painting Surface -- David N. Kitler describes how he prepares birch plywood or masonite to creat a surface ready to paint.

Recipes from Sinopia -- Make your own paints, mediums, grounds, gessoes, and more.

Basic Guide to Artists' Pigments -- Daniel Smith explains how pigments are classified, their various characteristics, and why you need to know about them.

Maintaining A Healthy, Safe Studio -- Daniel Smith, manufacturer and supplier of fine artists' materials, addresses this very important topic.

Using Art Materials Safely -- Daniel Smith provides advice specific to each medium.

Deterioration of Artists' Papers: Causes and Prevention -- A very informative article for artists and collectors alike. Provided by Daniel Smith, manufacturer and supplier of fine artists' materials.

Paper and pH -- Daniel Smith explains the terms often used to describe a paper's acidity.

Useful Paper Terms -- Daniel Smith explains the terms used to describe paper and its various characteristics.
 
 
 
WATERCOLOR & GOUACHE TECHNIQUES & LESSONS:
 
Watercolor Painting Demonstrations, Techniques, and Free Lessons -- Roland Lee provides step by step watercolor demonstrations of his spectacular landscape paintings.

Learning Center Watercolor Lessons -- Yong Chen's website offers watercolor painting demonstrations with step-by-step instructions for still lifes, portraits, and landscapes.

Yong Chen's Videos -- Yong Chen also offers free instructional videos of watercolor painting lessons.

Watercolor Painting and Projects -- Learn basic skills and watercolor techniques, including supplies you will need and how to mix watercolors. Then progress to the watercolor painting projects for easy to follow tutorials and step-by-step instructions.

The Painted Prism -- This delightful blog from Pat Howard offers inspiration for those who can't think of anything to paint as well as helpful watercolor techniques and tips for painting in general.

Watercolor Painting Videos -- Debi Watson's blog provides instructional videos as well as many helpful tips for artists.

Watercolor Painting Techniques -- Bob Davies provides a series of articles to help you better understand the variety of brushes, paints, mediums, and papers that are available and gives helpful tutorials for painting clouds and trees.

Lessons in Watercolor -- Mary Ann Boysen offers free online lessons, beginning with advice about various watercolor papers, brushes, and paints - then continuing on with techniques for painting tricky subjects like glass, crystal, and lace.

Bruce MacEvoy's Watercolor Guide -- A wonderful resource that provides lots of information about watercolor papers, brushes, paints, color theory, palettes, techniques, and more.

Watercolour Equipment, Tips & Tutorials -- Peter Saw starts with an overview of artists' materials used in watercolor painting, providing some suggestions along the way. Then he provides brief lessons in painting trees, rocks, and clouds as well as some in-depth articles about composition and color mixing.

Abstract Watercolour on Yupo Paper -- Step-by-step instructions for creating an abstract painting with watercolors on Yupo brand synthetic paper.

Watercolor on YUPO Paper -- This online tutorial demonstrates how to paint a scene rich with color and texture using watercolor, a palette knife, and YUPO synthetic paper.

Watercolor Terms -- Carol Santora provides a good overview of terms used in watercolor painting.

Stretching Watercolor Paper -- This article by Daniel Smith explains how to stretch watercolor paper with tape or tacks.

Oriental Brush Care -- A great article by Daniel Smith on how to care for these unique brushes.

Gouache -- A good overview of the medium by Daniel Smith.

Experiment with Color Mixtures -- Sally Drew teaches you how to mix watercolors and become familiar with new colors in your palette. An excellent way to learn about color mixing!

John Lovett's Painting Lessons -- Beautifully illustrated step-by-step instructions, techniques, and advice for watercolorists.

Pushing Watercolor to the Limit -- James D. Brantley's watercolor portrait of a "Southern Gentleman" is watercolor and portraiture at its best!

Watercolor & Watermedia Tips & Demos -- A wealth of information by Ellen Fountain, N.W.S.

Penny Soto's Hints and Tips -- A variety of online painting lessons covering topics such as painting backgrounds, using Frisket paper, lifting out highlights, and even airbrushing with acrylic ink.

Abstract Watercolor With a Twist -- In this demo Charissa Thomas uses a plastic wrap technique along with opaque watercolors and gel pens to create exciting textures and abstract shapes.

Watercolor Demo -- Cyrille Jubert shows step by step how he creates a painting of british staghounds.

Watercolour and Mixed Media Abstract -- Jane Hoed teaches some unusual mixed media techniques that can be used to provide texture and interest in your watercolor paintings, or combine them together to create an abstract work of art.

Watercolor Painting with Saltwater -- A new watercolor technique by Howard Relles.

Watercolor Floral Painting Demo -- Watercolor demonstration by Liz Fluehr.

Watercolor Painting Demo -- Watercolor demonstration by Lian Zhen showing his color pouring, blowing, and negative painting techniques.

Watercolor Tips from George Simmons -- George Simmons shares his advice for working with watercolors. The article primarily addresses the materials he uses.

Watercolor Floral Demo by George Simmons -- George Simmons offers a thorough step-by-step demonstration for painting the gladiolus flower.

How To Create Light with Layers -- Watercolor demonstration by Carole Katchen.

The Difference between "Mixing" and "Visual" Complements -- Watercolor demonstration by Hilary Page.

How to Paint "Backward" -- Watercolor demonstration by Ken Hosmer.

Painting Negative Spaces -- John Fisher demonstrates the technique of negative painting.

Misket and Masking Techniques -- In this watercolor demonstration, John Fisher teaches how to very effectively preserve the white of the paper, ensuring a bright clean area for the center of interest without resorting to opaque white.

Painting Metal -- In this demonstration, John Fisher teaches how to create a metallic effect (or look of shiny metal) in your still life paintings.

Floating Watercolors into Clear Water -- Barbara Nechis explains her technique for intermingling watercolors and creating, abstract organic forms.

Correcting Mistakes in Watercolour -- Johannes Vloothuis describes how to correct errors in watercolor paintings.

Watercolor Lesson: "Homestead" -- William Powell gives a step-by-step demonstration in watercolor painting.

Free Watercolor Art Lessons -- Step-by-step demonstrations of watercolor portraits, landscapes, flowers, and more.

WatercolorPainting.com -- Greg Conley's website is a great resource that includes free watercolor tutorials, step-by-step paintings, a helpful glossary, informative articles about selecting art materials, and a brief history of watercolor.

Choosing the Right Watercolour Paper -- Learn about the grain, permanence, and weight of watercolor papers.

Susie's Watercolor Tips -- Susie Short offers ideas for fun watercolor projects and tips for painting specific subjects, including demos for painting water drops, flowers, beaches, and trees.

Watercolor Painting Tips -- Joe Cartwright provides tips for anyone learning how to paint in watercolors, including advice on watercolor materials.

Watercolor Painting Demonstrations -- Joe Cartwright shares his watercolor techniques for painting flowers, landscapes, and seascapes.

Oil Painting -- Bob Davies provides a series of articles to help you better understand the variety of paints, oil painting mediums, varnishes and canvases that are available for oil painting.

"Oil Painting for Beginners" -- Download this ebook by Andrew Whyte to learn everything you need to start oil painting, including: types of oil paints, canvas types, pigments for landscapes, paint colors/colours, thick on thin paint application, fat on lean application rules, brushes and clean up, how to varnish a painting, and safety tips for your health.

Oil Painting Demonstrations by Susan Lyon & Scott Burdick -- Beautiful portraits and landscapes as well as one still life demonstration, provide helpful insights as the artists work step-by-step through each of the paintings.

Online Oil Painting Lessons -- Several artists share step-by-step demonstrations for painting in oils.

Demos by Jason Morgan -- These demonstrations are very thorough and provide painting instruction from start to finish.

En Plein Air Painting Demonstrations for Landscapes in Oil (videos) -- Watch as Michael Chesley Johnson, artist and instructor, paints landscapes en plein air.

Brushes for Oil Painting -- Jason Morgan discusses different types of oil painting brushes, which brush to use for which job, and how to clean them.

Resins and Varnishes: Definitions, Descriptions, and Recipes -- Artist Ron Sanders provides an excellent article with very thorough explanations.

Drying Oils and Mediums -- If you have ever wondered how to safeguard your paintings from yellowing or cracking, you will want to read this very informative article from Ron Sanders.

Classical Oil Painting Mediums -- Jodi J. Brody describes the various types of mediums and their characteristics. She also provides simple recipes you can make at home.

Oil Painting Tips -- Carol Santora covers everything: how to set up your palette, choose and mix colors, correct mistakes, and care for your art materials.

Limited Color Palette Portrait Painting -- Artist Tenaya Sims demonstrates the steps invloved in creating a portrait painting in oil with an emphasis on color temperature relationships. Helpful tips are given for achieving accurate values, softening edges, and oiling-out previously painted areas.

Painting Rocks Under Water -- William Powell demonstrates glazing techniques using transparent oil colors.

Oil Painting: Which White Should I Use? -- Learn the differences between the various white oil paints: Titanium White, Flake White, Zinc White, and Radiant White.

All About Painting Materials and Techniques -- Norihiro Matsukawa has created a great resource for learning about animal skin glue, drying oils, dammar varnish, resins, balsam, and more.

Working with Solvents -- Daniel Smith gives tips for using solvents and describes the characteristics of those most commonly used.
 
 
 
ACRYLIC PAINTING TECHNIQUES & LESSONS:
 
Acrylic Painting -- Bob Davies provides a series of articles to help you better understand the variety of paints, brushes, surfaces and additives that are available for acrylic painting.

Tips & Techniques: Acrylics -- Douglas Purdon, a member of the Society of Canadian Artists, gives tips and answers questions about acrylics.

Online Acrylic Painting Lessons -- Several artists share step-by-step demonstrations for painting with acrylics.

Acrylic Demonstration by Charles Harrington, AWS

A Direct Approach to Acrylic Painting -- Acrylic demonstration by Greg Biolchini.

Acrylic Lesson: "Majestic Sunset" -- William F. Powell gives a step-by-step demonstration in acrylic painting.

Plein Air Painting -- Artist and teacher L. Diane Johnson describes the steps involved in her acrylic painting "From My Window".

Portrait Painting in Acrylics -- Follow along and learn techniques for painting a portrait using underpainting and glazes.

Painting Demonstration in Watermedia -- Mary Weinstein Backer combines watercolors and acrylics, using watercolor as an "under-painting".

Acrylic Painting Videos -- Golden Artist Colors, Inc. provides several video demonstrations of techniques using acrylic paints, gels, and mediums. Each video focuses on a different technique - explaining how these versatile acrylic materials can be used in image transfers, faux encaustic effects, printmaking, collages, airbrush applications, and more.

Acrylic Paint Review -- Find articles and reviews on acrylic artist paint brands and get tips and techniques for working with acrylics.
 
 
 
OTHER:
 
Digital Collage Painting -- Step-by-step instructions for transferring a digital image onto paper and incorporating the image into a painting.

Egg Tempera -- Lots of helpful information and links from The Society of Tempera Painters.

Making Egg Tempera -- Daniel Smith explains how to make egg tempera and gives recommmendations regarding its application.

The Basics of Encaustic Painting -- Daniel Smith describes the encaustic painting process as well as the materials, tools and equipment used in its application.

Online Videos for Encaustic Painting -- Enkaustikos, an encaustic paint manufacturer, offers several helpful videos for artists interested in encaustic painting. Learn how to setup your work area, how to use encaustic paints, and how to combine collage and mixed media with encaustic.

Murals, Trompe L'Oeil and Faux Painted by Art Effects -- Great faux painting techniques and tips for trompe l'oeil effects. The "Step by Steps and How To's" section leads you to techniques for creating faux stones, leather, marble, and more.

The Art and Nature of Fresco -- Sr. Lucia Wiley provides information on fresco techniques and mural painting.

 
 
 
MATTING & FRAMING:
 
Framing Tips -- Pictures Plus provides an overview of glazing, matting, and mounting choices for your artwork.

The Benefits of Archival Matting and Framing -- Step-by-Step instructions and thoughtful advice from Sharon Yamanaka.

Framing Your Watercolour Paintings -- Lorraine P. Dietrich discusses mats, mounting, and backing materials.

Matting Your Art Work -- Daniel Smith's do-it-yourself tips for using Japanese paper hinges or paper corners; no instructions for cutting or choosing mats.
 
 
 
ART SUPPLIES:
 
MisterArt.com -- An expansive line of quality art supply products from all the leading manufacturers. Products range from paints, brushes, and canvas to easels, drafting boards, portfolios, and framing supplies.