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How to Paint People - Different Flesh Tones - Learning to Paint (527 views)
By julie Shoemaker
Let's take a look at some step by step tutorials and techniques I use to paint people with acrylic paint. This lesson is about painting and does not cover drawing skills or address proportion to a great extent. If you learn to use the correct colors and shadowing techniques on your finished drawing you should do fine... read more

Techniques For Acrylic Painting - How to Paint People - Painting Closed Lips and Mouths (745 views)
By Julie Shoemaker
This lesson is about techniques in acrylic painting and does not cover drawing skills or address proportion to a great extent. If you learn to use the correct painting techniques on your already finished drawing, you should do fine... read more

How to Paint Animals Hair and Fur Colors - Learning to Paint (640 views)
By Julie Shoemaker
Animals, like humans, are unique in the sense that no two are identical. The differences in hair, fur, texture and color is numerous. An animal's fur color is rarely one tone. Shadows, reflections, and highlights all add to the variation in color. If you would like some ideas and guidelines for creating basic paint formulas for obtaining the correct fur colors, keep reading... read more

How to Paint a Simple Seascape - Learning to Paint (734 views)
By Julie Shoemaker
Seascapes have always been a favorite scene for acrylic, watercolor and oil artists. Seascapes can be windy, calm, rocky, sandy, stormy or peaceful. There is no right or wrong way to paint a seascape. There are only techniques to help you along your way to creating you own seascape masterpiece... read more

Get The Best From Your Drawing And Painting... Don't Add Too Much Detail (421 views)
By Michael Dale
Imagine standing on a mountain top. As you turn your head you can see a wonderful view. It is so heartstopping and beautiful. You feel motivated to pick up your brush and paint what you see... but there is too much. Where would you begin?.. read more

Acrylic Painting Lesson - Mistakes To Avoid In Your Acrylic Paintings (481 views)
By Ralph Serpe
When you are just starting out with acrylic painting, you will most certainly make your share of mistakes. This is the natural process of painting and we all learn and grow from our mistakes. This article introduces some of the more common mistakes beginner acrylic painters make... read more

Why, How, and Where You Should Sign Your Painting (580 views)
By Julie Shoemaker
One thing that gives pleasure to an artist is completing a painting. Sometimes this is because he or she feels satisfied and that the work is complete, and other times it is because they.. read more

How to Paint an Apple or Fruit as Still Life (502 views)
By Julie Shoemaker
Learn color and shading techniques by painting still life in this article... read more

How to Paint a Realistic Landscape by Layering (651 views)
By Julie Shoemaker
Understanding background, middleground and foreground in a painting is key to realism in landscapes. Using the three correctly creates depth which is one of the most important parts of creating a successful landscape painting.Learn to create realistic landscapes using the layering technique... read more

How to Paint a Realistic Landscape Using Color Saturation (509 views)
By Julie Shoemaker
You should consider color saturation when creating depth in a landscape painting. In general, the closer the object is to the foreground, the more colors or saturated it should be. Items farther away should be duller in color... read more

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