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.
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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.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Learn How to Paint Still Life with Flowers using Acrylics
This is a how-to guide for painting a still life with flowers in acrylics — but with a twist. No music in the studio, just the rhythm of the brush. Loose, expressive, and very much garage-artist style.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Exploring Mixed Media Landscape and Collage Techniques
A gallery of recent coastal and urban landscapes created by transforming rejected watercolors into layered, expressive mixed media artworks.