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.
Loose & Expressive Painting Techniques
Free tutorials and courses on loose and expressive painting in watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media. Beginners and experienced artists alike can learn to simplify, loosen up, and paint with freedom.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Learn How to Paint Loose Portraits with Acrylics – 5 Minute Timed Challenge
One of the best ways to loosen up your acrylic portraits is to set a timer. Learn how to paint bold, abstract portraits in just 5 minutes.
Painting Techniques
Studio-Tested Techniques for Expressive Painting (What Actually Works)
Most articles about painting techniques read like art school textbooks - lots of theory, not much real studio experience. After sixteen years of daily painting, I've developed techniques that actually solve problems I encounter in my work, check them out!
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Step-by-Step Mixed Media Floral Painting Tutorial
Create a beautiful mixed media floral still life using collage and acrylics. Follow this easy, step-by-step process to bring your design to life.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
How to Paint Expressive Horses Using Layered Mixed Media
This horse painting process begins with pure color exploration and builds toward recognizable forms through layered responses - exactly the kind of authentic development that creates powerful expressive work.
Drawing Tutorials
Try This EASY Exercise to Loosen Up Your Drawings (Game Changer!)
I'll never forget the day I threw artistic 'rules' out the window and just scribbled like a mad man. That moment of pure frustration became my greatest breakthrough - and this ridiculously simple exercise can do the same for your drawings.
Landscape Painting Tutorials
Discover How to Turn Bad Art into Expressive Landscape Artwork
That painting sitting in the corner that's been annoying you for weeks? The one you started as watercolor, added acrylics to, then shoved aside in frustration? Don't throw it away, here's why...
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.
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.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Mixed Media Landscape Enhancement: Watercolor and Acrylic Integration
This tutorial demonstrates how to enhance existing watercolor paintings through mixed media applications. Using pattern elements and selective acrylic additions, you'll learn approaches to rescuing bad art.
Landscape Painting Tutorials
What Makes an Expressive Landscape Painting?
What makes landscape painting expressive isn't technique - it's genuine connection to place and some emotional confidence.