Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Explore Mixed Media and Collage Landscape Painting Ideas
See how to turn a watercolor into a fresh mixed media landscape with painted borders, collage strips, and layered patterns for extra visual interest.
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Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
How to Paint an Urban Landscape Using Mixed Media
Learn how to revive a watercolor cityscape using mixed media collage borders, bold acrylic details, and creative layering techniques.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Loose Expressive Urban Landscape with Acrylic and Collage
Loose expressive painting thrives on energy and happy accidents. Learn how to create an urban landscape with acrylics and collage that feels alive.
Drawing Tutorials
Semi-Blind Contour Drawing | Elevate Your Drawing Skills
Think of your art time like a pie chart: some slices for finished art, some for exploration, and some for fundamentals. This semi-blind contour drawing exercise builds confidence and sharpens observation so you can elevate your drawing skills.
Drawing Tutorials
Opposite Hand Drawing | Fun Beginner Exercise to Improve Your Skills
Opposite hand drawing is a fun beginner exercise that helps improve your skills and shake off creative ruts. Using your non-dominant hand forces you to slow down, observe closely, and discover a more expressive, playful line quality in your drawings.
Drawing Tutorials
Beginner Guide to Negative Space Drawing Techniques
Negative space drawing is like pulling weeds — not glamorous, but essential. In this beginner guide, learn simple exercises that clear away clutter, sharpen observation, and keep your drawing skills fresh.
Drawing Tutorials
Learn Contour Drawing: Tutorial + 3 Live Blind Contour Examples
I'm about to do something that seems completely backwards – draw three subjects without ever looking at my paper. The results will look 'messy,' but they'll teach you more about seeing and drawing than years of careful, controlled sketches.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Beginner Sunflower Acrylic Painting Tutorial (Video + Tips)
In Savannah I almost skipped a quirky spot called Treylor Park. Taking the risk made it our best meal — and that’s the spirit behind this sunflower acrylic tutorial. Learn positive/negative space, brushwork, and color in a step-by-step video.
Drawing Tutorials
The Four Essential Drawing Skills Every Artist Should Embrace
Four core drawing skills to improve your art—and your painting. A Florida parrot once landed on my shoulder; here’s the advice I kept.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Mastering the Big Four in Watercolor Painting
The work you do today is for tomorrow. These Big Four watercolor habits will help you paint with intention, loosen up, and grow your art over time.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Watercolor Seaside Scene with Coastal Homes – Loose & Expressive
Forget the usual broad washes—this watercolor seaside scene with coastal homes uses an unconventional, block-by-block approach. Loose, expressive, and full of fresh surprises.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Mixed Media Flower Painting with Collage Borders
Paint your flowers in the center. Build the magic around the edges. How I discovered that putting collage around a painting instead of inside it creates instant depth and draws the eye exactly where you want it to go.