Master Lessons on Drawing and Painting.

In addition to the articles and lessons below, be sure to check out my full drawing and painting website.

Learn how to draw with our drawing lessons and techniques.

Our drawing techniques cover tips and tricks on pencil drawing including shading, blending, choosing pencils, differences between soft and hard leads, realism, value, line, light, depth, and more.

Learn how to paint with our painting lessons and techniques.

Our painting techniques cover brushwork, realism, impressionism, developing a style, choosing a support (canvas, board, paper, etc.), wet on wet vs. wet on dry, light, blending, depth, and more.

Click here for articles on color.

Our section on color theory includes using color for realism vs. impressionism, how to be more expressive, complemetary colors, color harmony, choosing colors, mixing the right color, color vs. value, and more.

Click here for articles on composition.

Our articles on composition inculde value, shape, line, dynamic rectangles (golden rectangle, root 2 rectangle, etc.), balance, choosing what to leave in and what to take out of a picture, and more.

Click here for our art book and video reviews.

Our art book and video review section includes a list of books and videos that are reviewed and recommended for artists based on their quality of information, usefulness, techniques, examples, and overall help to artists.

Click here for our guide to art supplies and materials.

In this section, we go over choosing art supplies and materials so that artists get the best quality materials for their budget. Our goal it to also help artists to get materials that will be very useful and avoid materials that may be counterproductive or not needed.

Click Here for "How-to" Tutorials

Our "how-to" tutorials cover a wide range of topics. We will have articles on getting your work online, setting up a website, setting up a blog to promote your work, free galleries online and paid galleries online, fixing photographs in photoshop, photographing paintings (and also fixing those photographs in photoshop), and various other topics.