Learn to Paint – Free painting lessons for the beginning Painter. Have fun!

Lesson 01

05 – Mixing Values

Let’s mix up some paint on that palette! In this video you will see how we mix our black and white to create a…

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Lesson 02

04 – Staging Your Still Life

We are ready to paint! By now you have all of your supplies and you’ve found a spot in your home to set up…

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Lesson 03

03 – Find Your Shapes

We begin painting in the very first session. We will be starting with the ultra, uber, not to be underestimated, lesson on the importance…

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Lesson 04

02 – Start Scribbling

Start Scribbling! Drawing and Painting are two different languages - drawing is about line, and painting is about form and color. If you begin…

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Lesson 05

01 – Supplies. Get your self set up!

Supply List You can download the supply list below and take it to an art supply store, or hunt for them at flea markets…

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Lesson 06

00 – Why I Share this Workshop

My grandmother introduced me to paint when I was 5 years old. My Mom didn't much like the mess or the smell so I…

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Lesson 07

06 – Painting Forms Demo

Ok! Let’s get some paint on that canvas. This is our first exercise in learning how to create form. The video below will take…

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Lesson 08

07 – Independent Play, More Complex Forms in Black and White

Let’s not call this homework. Let’s call it Independent Play! Find more complex forms and paint them using only 4-5 values. I’m really excited to…

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Lesson 09

09 – Painting Colored Forms in Grayscale

Seeing the value in colored objects is the next step. Every color has a value. Every object has a color. Before we move into painting…

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Lesson 10

10 – Laying out your palette with Color! Wahoo!

Same spot every time. As you will see in the following videos, my colors are in the same spot all the time. I keep…

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Lesson 11

11 – Painting a Basic Color Wheel

Didn’t I say this class would add more color to your life?! Hahaha… let’s go! Making a color wheel may remind you of preschool,…

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Lesson 12

12 – Matching Color Swatches

I know I just said that we were going to paint a simple still life now… but maybe one more exercise. Who want’s to…

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Lesson 13

13 – Painting Colored Shapes Demo – Light and Shadow and Value Scale

OK! Now we are really going to paint a little still life. Find 3- 6 objects of varying shape, color, and value that interest…

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Lesson 14

14 – Independant Play

Analyze your progress. If you sailed through this exercise, try more complicated shapes in light and shadow – like a figurative pieces below. If…

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Lesson 15

15 – What the heck is NOTAN?

NOTAN: no·​tan | \ ˈnōˈtän \ (as defined by Marriam Webster’s Dictionary) plural -s Definition of notan : the combination of lights and darks especially as used in Japanese art : the design…

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Lesson 16

16 – Composing NOTANS

Composing NOTANS In most of this section I use an iPad because it’s makes sharing the images with you much easier. I also find…

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Lesson 17

17 – NOTAN to Value Sketches

We’ve had some fun with NOTANS and now you all understand the importance of that solid design that ‘hides’ beneath your fancy brushwork and…

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Lesson 18

18 – Value Sketches to Color Harmony

NOTAN, Line, Shape, Color… let us make a little Harmony! Now you’ve done a slew of NOTANS and several value sketches, so now we…

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Lesson 19

18 – Guest Mojo Maker from the Road

Artistic friends are a hoot. Meet Sean Murphy. Sean is an extraordinary photographer who I’ve known for many years. We worked together in a…

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Lesson 20

19 – More Indipendant Play

So much fun to be had in this section! We covered a lot of ground here, and if you repeat these exercises on your…

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Lesson 21

20 – Plein Air Painting – Going Out!

Plein-air Plein-air is a french term that refers to a style of impressionist paintings from the 19th century that were created in the ‘open’…

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Lesson 22

21 – Composing Outdoor Paintings

Composing paintings outdoors We’ve done a lot of work on composition already. We’ve had the fun adventure of finding our own objects and using…

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Lesson 23

22 – Painting Moms Barn en Plein Air

Ok – wahoo, let’s get to it. We spent the day at Katie’s family farm. Katherine Kahrs (Katie) is shooting all of this fun…

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Lesson 24

23 – Comparing Block in to Finish

Let’s compare! I brought the piece into the studio to bring it to a finish. I spent about 40 minutes just looking, feeling, (perhaps…

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Lesson 25

24 – Independent Play with Some of your Favorite Painters

Find your muse(s) in books, other painters, museums, instagram… I have stacks of art books in my studio. The first one I ever bought…

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Lesson 26

25 – We don’t always get it right, for sure!

Taking a little break… I got the last section of this workshop loaded up and then I went to Maine to paint for a…

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Lesson 27

26 – Painting From Photographs

Surely, life will teach you more than a photograph will. But… most of us use them for reference, so let’s take a look at…

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Lesson 28

27 – Painting from Photograph Demo in Studio

Here is how I might start the process, and bring it to a finish. We had to break it up into three videos. You…

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Lesson 29

28 – Continuing to Paint, Finding more Beauty, and Living an Artful Life

I hope you have enjoyed this class. Putting it together was a lot of work and a lot of fun. Thanks to film maker…

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