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Want to Learn to Draw and Paint Well?

Section targeting Do you desire to learn to draw and paint and create art you can be proud of?

Or have have you been painting for a while and found yourself in a rut?Section targeting Do you want some guidance the help you get moving again?

"Summer", 16"x20", Oil pastel by Connie Nelson
Summer-oil pastel
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Or, maybe you just want to take your drawing and painting skills to a higher level?

Art can enrich your life.

It has definitely impacted mine. My students and my fellow artists say the same thing. So why can't be it the same for you? Section targeting Learn the techniques. Learn to think like an artist.

Learning to draw and paint is a journey with both rewards and challenges.

Talent alone will not do it. You need techniques, insights, and intuition. Combine that with persistence and dedication, and you will create the art of your dreams.

Welcome to my site!

Here you have the opportunity to learn to draw and paint. Use these tips, techniques, and resources to improve your art from the comfort of your home.

Here you will..........

  • Master the basics of drawing. Using these tools, you will be able to draw effectively and accurately.

    Imagine the confidence that comes from being able to draw anything you want. Plus, if you learn how to draw well, painting becomes easier too.

  • Explore different painting media: oil, pastel and oil pastels.

    Apply the techniques you learn from new media to your chosen medium to strengthen your visual language.

  • Dig deeply into the special challenges of painting various subject matter, such as figures, landscapes, and still life. Different subject matter offers different challenges. Learn how to tackle them and expand your repertoire.

  • Go beyond mechanistic techniques and enhance your artistic voice by learning the thinking habits and disciplines of successful representational artists.

    Use these tips to maximize your learning in art classes, workshops or other tutorials. Section targeting

  • Develop and fine tune your style with exercises and tutorials drawn from my experience as an art teacher.

    Work through these exercises to gain the skills you need to take you where you want to go.

Let's learn to draw and paint together!



Explore Drawing and Painting SiteSearch
Explore drawing and painting is one artist' distillation of her teachings and insights on painting and drawing. Search your art lessons here.

Drawing Lessons - Start with the Basics
Follow my online drawing lessons and get started learning to draw and paint

Learn to Draw People
Apply my guidelines and helpful tips to learn to draw people.

Color Theory —Make Colors Work For You
Use a simple approach to color theory to enhance your drawings and paintings. With a color wheel as your guide, use your own powers of observation as you experiment with different color palettes.

Oil Painting Brushes
Learn how to care for your oil painting brushes and make them last longer.

Oil Painting Tips : Useful Work Habits
Oil Painting Tips that break or make a painting. How you work is also important as how you paint.

Oil Painting Instructions for a Tonal Study
Oil painting instructions for creating a monochromatic tonal value study. Learning to paint in black and white will improve your handling of color—don't skip this important part of your art instructi

Water Soluble Oil Paint
Try water soluble oil paint if you have problems with the odor of mineral solvents or you just want something easy to carry and clean. Water soluble oil paints work exactly the same traditional oil p

Choosing The Oil Painting Brushes
Learn the basics of choosing the right type of oil painting brushes

Make A Landscape Oil Painting - the Plein Air Way
Landscape oil painting was taken to its highest level when the Impressionists broke free of the studio and headed out to paint “en plein air”. Follow these tips and you will be able to experience the

Painting Tips : Use Photos As References
Are you painting from photos?Here are the painting tipst of painting tips to get the best use from your photo references.

Essential Oil Painting Instructions: A Guide To Books, Videos, and Resources
A guide to books, videos, and other resources for oil painting instructions

Pastels: Painting With Pure Color
Pastels are a vibrant and powerful artistic medium. Absorb every article about pastels here to get you started.

Oil Pastels
Oil pastels, as a fairly new medium, afford many versatile possibilities. They are ideal for oil painting like effects, and almost can match dry pastels if you have problem with dusts of dry pastels.

John Singer Sargent's Painting Techniques
Learn to emulate John Singer Sargent's methods, and review the materials he used in his paintings.

Sargent John Singer Painting Technique
Learn vital lessons from John Singer Sargent. John Singer Sargent is a true master of art.

Improve Your Art and Become A Better Artist
These are some simple tips that will show you how to improve your art before you reveal it to the world. You can become your own best art critic.

Painting Critique Group : Tips on How to Form Yours
Discover some helpful tips on how to form and run a painting critique group

Oil Painting Gallery By Connie Nelson
A glimpse into some of my oil painting gallery

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