Painting Lesson - Seeing Color & Value

Learn the subtle art of the pen and brush, develop yourself as an artist and grow.

Painting Spotlight Effect - Ever noticed how some paintings seem to draw you into them? Some of them hold your attention and direct your eyes to a very strong, almost profound, centre of interest. How do they do that? What makes them so compelling? Well, there’s always a number of things which work together to do this, but it’s surprising how often the spotlight effect can be seen doing this in all number of paintings throughout history, right back to the Renaissance when they first starting thinking about lighting ...

- In this painting tutorial series, expert painter Alexander Shundi explains step by step how to create the foundation image you'll be using to paint a portrait.

Landscape painting lesson - Daily video update of what I'm working on in the studio. By Richard Robinson. www.newzealandartist.com

- In this oil painting tutorial you will learn how to paint reflections from your subject into your painting to get a sense of perspective.

How to draw an eye with pencil - A helpful trick with observational drawing is to see what you are drawing, as shapes. The basic shape of the human eye is similar to an almond shape. But this is only one of the several shapes that encompass the eye. Think of these shapes as puzzle pieces as you draw a persons eye in the near future. Remember that these shapes will slightly change based upon a persons facial expression. Today, I will show you step by step how to draw the human eye. Pause the video at any time if you need to.

- Learn how to classically oil paint with American artist, Hall Groat II

Here is a video of me painting Storm from X-men the movie, it was done in photoshop as a request by my friend, I know its a bit fast but I'm trying to squeeze it in within the length limit.

Infused Light painting lesson - Ever wondered how some paintings seem to glow with light? Sometimes the light looks like it's pushing past the edges of the trees and hills - it's a really beautiful light effect in landscapes, but it's usually VERY subtle and equally difficult to paint. This video lesson shows you how. Visit http://www.newzealandartist.com/lessons.php for more great painting lessons.