creativespotlite’s blog

Reflections of Pink and Green

I have a wonderful step by step painting demonstration to share with you today.  It is another beautiful work by artist Lorraine Vatcher.  The title of this painting is "Reflections of Pink and Green”. 

Click here to view the acrylic painting demo...

Hi All,

Just wanted to share a new step by step oil painting demonstration that was created by the very talented artist Jennifer Young. 

The title of the painting is "Vineyard Patterns"...

Jennifer Young is a professional artist from Richmond, Virginia, most known for her vibrant landscape paintings of France, Italy, and the American South. She is inspired by the beauty she observes on her frequent travels, and paints on location as often as possible.

Click here to view the oil painting lesson

JJ

New step by step acrylic painting lesson by artist Lorraine Vatcher.  The title of this painting is "Nature's Decorations".

Watercolor By Alistair Butt

Enjoy a new step by step watercolor lesson that I recently posted on my main art instruction blog.

This demo is by the very talented Alistair Butt from the UK. 

Please click here to view the step by step watercolor tutorial.

I just posted a new acrylic painting demo by the very talented Harmony Steel on my main art instruction blog.

This is a very cool step by step painting tutorial and includes details about paints, brushes, palettes and acrylic painting techniques.

Click here to view the acrylic painting demonstration

I wanted to share a new lens I created on Squidoo.com that I hope will be a great new resource for artists. It is called the Art Instruction Video Showcase, and it is a growing collection of free art instruction video clips.

Click here to view the art instruction videos showcase.

Thanks for checking out my lens and enjoy!

Learn to oil paint with Artist Philip Howe. I am very excited to share this painting
demonstration with you. Philip was nice enough to allow me to publish the demo
of his painting "Caverna Magica" on my blog.

Click here to view the oil painting demonstration

First off, invest in a good set of brushes.  You will enough problem solving to do in creating your painting.  You do not need to spend extra time pulling brush hairs off of your painting. 

Paint with confidence and be serious about your brushstrokes. Do not just carelessly apply your paint.  Every brushstroke should describe something.

When you are painting do not try and scrub the paint into the canvas.  If you run out of paint, stop and reload your brush with fresh paint.  Always keep a layer of oil paint between the brush and the canvas.

Try not to get too detailed with your brushstrokes. For instance, when painting hair or a tree, do not try and paint every leaf or strand of hair.  Instead, suggest the details by painting the light on the hair or the tree.

Wherever your center of interest is, apply your paint thickly. 

I have started an exciting new feature over at my main art instruction blog called "Artist Spotlite" which involves a one on one interview with professional artists from all over the world.

This weeks interview is with the very talented artist Monica Vanzant.

Please click here to read this artist interview.

Enjoy and all the best!

Have you ever heard of the term "Negative Drawing" before?  I never did until I read a very informative article on the topic by artist Mike Sibley.

Mike goes into great detail explaining this drawing technique and includes wonderful images to explain this technique even further.

The article has been posted on my main blog.

Click here to read the article on Negative Drawing.