Art techniques tutorial

Join us to learn this lovely Faux Encaustic Technique! Create mysteriously beautiful misty effects for your Mixed Media art!

Remember: having unfinished art is a NATURAL, REGULAR, NORMAL part of creative process. After a while, though, that pile of work can start feeling like growing evidence of everything you haven’t do…

Learn to draw and sketch with these easy drawing tips. Read step-by-step instructions (with pictures) explaining how to draw what you see. If you want to be able to draw realistically, these 12 drawing techniques will help improve your drawing skills.

These are perfect for beginner artists looking for some tips to get them started. If you have any painting hacks of your own, please share them.

Why You Don’t Need to Go to Art School. Going to school seems like the obvious choice for any wannabe artist. But being an artist means coming up with new ways to express yourself. Read more.

Here are 12 top tips & tricks on how to use micron pens to help get your creative juices flowing!

Want to know how to make a painting more abstract? Here are 16 approaches to make your art less realistic and more expressive.

Create mixed media backgrounds in your art journal with easy step-by-step tutorials with photos for each step. Plus: a background challenge.

Not many of us have the luxury of going to a top art school and learning how to draw and paint in person. If you are like me and do not have this luxury, then you have the added challenge of being a self-taught artist (as if learning art was not hard enough). There is

Learn how to create a sketch for painting with this step by step tutorial. Discover the importance of creating a painting sketch to start out your painting!