Loose & Expressive Painting Techniques
Don't Focus on Finished Art, Do This!
Finished art can trap you in safe habits. This loose & expressive lesson shows why exploration, doodling, and playful risk-taking lead to stronger, freer painting.
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Loose & Expressive Painting Techniques
You Need the Right Attitude to Paint Loose Art
Loose painting is about mindset, not just technique. Learn how a relaxed grip, quick confident strokes, and the right attitude will free your art from stiffness and perfectionism.
Loose & Expressive Painting Techniques
Avoid This Common Drawing Mistake - Paint Loose
Most beginners fall into the “coloring book” trap — tracing every edge of their subject. Learn how to avoid this mistake and replace it with loose, expressive lines that add life and energy to your drawings.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
How to Develop Loose Expressive Brushwork
Loose brushwork isn’t about being sloppy — it’s about expression. Learn how to avoid tightening up too soon and develop confident, expressive strokes.
Loose & Expressive Painting Techniques
Three Essential Painting Areas & the Art of Exaggeration
Learn the three painting areas (edge, inside, background) and the art of exaggeration so your work stays loose and expressive. Quick garage drills help you push past the lines, then shape back with confident edges and background passes.
Loose & Expressive Painting Techniques
Two Simple Loose & Expressive Painting Concepts
These two simple loose & expressive painting concepts — loosening up shapes and experimenting with edges — will help you paint with more freedom and confidence.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Unconventional Acrylic Collage Techniques on Bristol
Turn old drawings into handmade collage papers using acrylics, inks, crayons, graphite and more. Resourceful and authentic!
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Collage Still Life Painting Tutorial – Mixed Media Techniques
Yet another abstract collage still life painting tutorial. Learn the elements of shape, color, and composition to create stunning artworks.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Loose Rural Landscape in Watercolor - Let the Paint Do the Work
Control kills most watercolor landscapes. This red barn tutorial teaches the opposite - backing off and letting watercolor breathe. From Suffolk countryside experience.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
How to Paint Water, Reflections and Boats in Watercolor
Stop trying so hard with watercolor boats and water. I avoided painting reflections for 10 years, but here's how to do it loose without getting fussy.
Landscape Painting Tutorials
Landscape Painting Design and Composition Tips
Strong landscape paintings don’t just happen—they’re designed. In this garage studio lesson, I’ll show you how horizon placement, shapes, and values build a painting that works.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Loose Acrylic Landscape Painting Video Tutorial
Family dinners = chaos. Loose landscapes = freedom. In this step-by-step acrylic landscape tutorial, I’ll show you how to relax, sling some paint, and trust the fundamentals to hold it all together.