Painting exercises

Practice is important. You don't have to create completed paintings in order to improve quickly. These four painting exercises are designed to improve your painting skills in half the time.

Learn all about basic acrylic painting techniques using a round brush. This is a beginners guide for beginning with painting.

Richard Robinson explains how to improve your still life painting practices with an exercise on light.

Art Education Painting Techniques

Learn how to craft a painting with just four well-chosen values, and in result—be able to create even more complex and engaging works of art!

3 Watercolor value exercises to help you improve the quality of your paintings. One of the biggest factors that differentiates a novice and an experienced watercolor artist is the translation of values in their work. An experienced watercolor artist knows how to portray values accurately. In this article you'll find 3 value exercises to help you improve.

Follow clear, proven steps to create beautiful art in oils, free of confusion and guesswork.

Want to start oil painting but don't know how? Here is a step-by-step plan that gets you learning to paint in a fun and fast way.