Painting

NEW! How to transfer any image to canvas in 6 steps using the VINE CHARCOAL grid method.

NEW! This oil painting tutorial demonstrates, in detail, exactly how to tone a canvas and why. Includes tips you should know when toning any primed support, not just a canvas.

NEW! This step-by-step oil painting tutorial shows you how to paint a portrait from life, wet-on-wet and in one sitting. In other words — the Alla Prima oil painting technique.

I had so much fun shooting the musical plein air video at Ocean Isle Beach, NC, that I want to share some of the outtakes and bloopers.

A musical video of Don Stewart, the artist at ArtistChronicle.com, painting en plein air at Ocean Isle Beach, NC.

In this, part 2 of 2 videos, Ken Hobson shares 3 tips for beginners -- 1) Paint Quality, 2) 8 Essential Colors, 3) Paper Weight.

Watercolors can be intimidating. That's why Ken Hobson starts his students out with a simple subject like this leaf.

Ever wonder how Max Ernst achieved the texture in some of his paintings? Lynette Bettini gives a demo of Decalcomania.

My indirect painting process as I paint a small oil from life. Includes how to transfer a preliminary sketch to canvas and more.

If your oil painting is sinking in, "Oiling Out" comes to the rescue. I explain and demo it here.

Before I begin an oil painting I will tone a canvas. This is a tutorial which includes tips you should know when toning a canvas.

This is the first chronicle of my oil painting process from start to finish. Includes a demo and dialogue.