Full time artists from good ol Virginia specializing in loose, bold acrylic and mixed media paintings.
Loose & Expressive Painting Techniques
I used to freeze in front of blank canvases until I discovered something that changed everything: use your canvas as your mixing palette first. By the end of a painting session, you have spontaneous strokes and random colors - the perfect expressive beginning.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Turn a discarded Bristol paper palette into a colorful, playful mixed media cat painting using acrylics and creative brushwork. Beginner-friendly and fun!
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
This tutorial demonstrates a systematic approach to watercolor street scene construction, showing how to build urban environments through strategic wash application and progressive detail development.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Tube watercolors pack more punch than pans, but they’ll test your patience if you don’t know the tricks. Here are 9 real-world tips for opening, mixing, and storing them without the frustration.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Negative space sounds fancy, but it’s just the area around your subject. Paint the space, and trees, clouds, and buildings appear on their own. Here are 10 ways I use it in watercolor.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
This tutorial demonstrates mixed media still life construction using Bristol paper and strategic collage integration. Beginner friendly mixed media project you can do at home.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
A no-rules guide to collaging: make your own papers, rescue “failed” sketches, and build expressive mixed-media layers with techniques that actually work.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Discover easy to use tips for how to create an interesting collage landscape painting with sailboats. Beginner friendly with stunning results.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Before you can throw caution to the wind with loose watercolor, you’ve got to nerd out on the basics. This 6-color split primary palette guide shows how solid fundamentals unlock expressive freedom.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
This comprehensive 35-minute tutorial demonstrates my complete watercolor landscape construction process from initial concept through finished painting. You'll see the entire systematic approach.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
This 35-minute tutorial demonstrates wet-in-wet watercolor construction from foundation wash through final details. You'll learn the timing skills needed to control watercolor's natural flow while building complex floral forms and glass surface effects.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Dive into a step-by-step guide for painting abstract acrylic flowers. Includes video tutorial. Unlock secrets to creating loose floral artwork.