Free Oil Painting Lessons & Techniques
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Oil Painting Demonstration - Painting Horses in Landscape with Figures
This painting lesson will show you how I move from an original idea, through the entire process as I paint an equine subject in my studio...
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“Vineyard Patterns” - An Oil Painting Demonstration by Jennifer Young
I often head out to the Virginia mountains to do some plein air painting, and on a morning last week I visited Veritas Vineyards in Afton Virginia. This is a beautiful winery and there are many possibilities for painting subject matter...
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Landscape on Red Ground
With the canvas already colored, there is no need to cover every centimeter of it. Colors are less likely to become muddied by mixing as they touch. Ground color can separate different colors painted wet next to wet, avoiding unwanted mixing. Red which is medium in value provides contrast with whites/highlight colors as well as contrast with darker shadow colors. Red is especially suitable in landscape and water scenes.
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Aspen Grove Study oil painting lesson
This painting is inspired by my many hikes amongst local Aspen groves in various seasons in northern Arizona, and the idea lends itself to my "discovery" approach, painting into a dark value background without a definitive drawing. This allows for spontaneous discovery and great joy while painting.
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Cienga oil painting lesson
”Julie T. Chapman is a Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists and the American Academy of Women Artists. She has shown in numerous national and international juried and invitational exhibitions, won some terrific awards, and offers a yearly artist workshop for aspiring animal artists. Her work hangs in a number of galleries in the western U.S. and can also be seen on her website. She offers a monthly email ‘ArtZine’ with news, images and art musings – sign up at her website”.
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The Red Scarf
Coming around the corner I was struck by the natural pose and backlighting. I happened to have a camera and equested she hold right there. Several shots were taken at the 1mb setting and this first one seemed to have the most promise. The resolution was increased in PaintShop Pro which helped, but it still was not a professional quality photo. A lot of very good artists would not attempt a portrait with anything less than first class reference photos. As a general rule that is the right attitude. In this case I've known the model a long time and think I can break that rule successfully. We'll see.
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Plein Air Painting Demo in Oils
The Truckee River between Lake Tahoe and Reno is a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts, whether you are a fisherman, rafter, swimmer, biker, walker, etc. there is something for everyone.This painting was part of a series I did of the Truckee River over the winter of 2004-2005. We had record snowfall that year, but by late April, when this painting was done, quite a bit of the snow was gone and replaced by the grassy riverbank.
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Mirra All Dressed Up - Oil Painting Demonstration
Mirra is my new grand-niece. I was very impressed by her liveliness this Fall (2003) and asked her father to send me some recent photos. I held off as long as I could, but finally, I have started a portrait of her "just for fun". (No, no, the picture to the left is not the painting. It's the photo.)