Acrylic
How to Mix Acrylic Paint Colors With a 6-Color Primary Palette
Learn how to mix acrylic paint colors with just six paints. Use warm and cool primaries to mix secondary and tertiary colors, plus how color bias works.
Free Lessons
Free drawing and painting lessons in watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media. Watch, practice, and start loosening up. When you’re ready to go deeper, the Lab is waiting.
Mixed Media
How to Paint a Watercolor Collage Landscape With Sailboats (Mixed Media)
Learn how to make a watercolor collage landscape with sailboats using stained paper, watercolor, and acrylic highlights. Free mixed media tutorial.
Watercolor
Watercolor Color Mixing for Beginners: The 6-Color Split-Primary Palette
Learn watercolor color mixing for beginners with just six paints. Mix secondary and tertiary colors using a split-primary palette, plus why mixes turn muddy.
Watercolor
Loose Watercolor Street Scene: My Simple Design & Painting Process
Learn my simple process for painting a loose watercolor street scene: composition, value study, and layered washes, with a free video tutorial.
Watercolor
Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Flowers: Master Timing & Soft Edges
Learn to paint loose watercolor flowers using wet-on-wet techniques. Discover moisture control, pigment consistency, soft edges, and expressive layering.
Mixed Media
Mixed Media Flower Painting: Acrylics, Collage & Loose Brushwork
Learn mixed media flower painting using acrylics, collage paper, and a rejected painting. Explore bold color, loose brushwork, and expressive layers.
Acrylic
Loose Interior Still Life Painting With Acrylics
Explore loose acrylic interior still life painting with expressive brushwork, colorful grays, shifting compositions, and creative experimentation.
Watercolor
How to Paint Loose Watercolor Faces: A Simple Practice Exercise
Start with patches of color, then find the faces. This watercolor exercise explores simple features, unexpected colors, and knowing when to leave things alone.
Watercolor
How to Shade with Watercolors: Beginner Tutorial
Shading with watercolor comes down to value, water, and timing. These simple ball-and-cube studies show how to turn flat shapes into believable forms.
Mixed Media
Abstract Fish Painting with Collage Paper and Acrylic
A failed watercolor, some paint-covered scraps, and a little blue acrylic. Here’s how I turned studio leftovers into a loose mixed media fish painting.
Mixed Media
Loose Mixed Media Cityscape: Acrylic + Collage Painting Demo
Learn how to paint a loose mixed media cityscape using acrylics, collage, and simple composition. Create expressive urban scenes without overworking details.
Mixed Media
Turn Old Sketches Into Art: Collage & Acrylic Still Life Painting
Turn old sketches into expressive art with this mixed media still life tutorial. Learn simple collage techniques, loose acrylic painting, and layering.