Free Art Tutorials

Art Lessons from Guest Artists & ArtGraphicA

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	FREE PAINTING / DRAWING / SKETCHING TUTORIALS
	To celebrate ArtGraphica's fifth year online, we've updated the website to include some new high quality free art tutorials, from some of the Internet's top quality artists. From oil painting masters such as William Whitaker, Scott Burdick and Philip Howe to pencil masters like Mike Sibley, alongside a good number of exclusive free art tutorials by ArtGraphicA and many exceptional artists besides. We have something for every budding artist with 40 fabulous free lessons online and growing all the time. To better organise our list of free art lessons, we have organised the tutorials by media, selectable below or via the navigation menu above.

	PENCIL, DRAWING LESSONS
	Pencils (inc. colour) Art Pencils are usually where it all begins, and for many continues as a love or hate affair. Whether you're a dedicated pencil artist or eager to get stuck into painting, learning to draw and sketch with graphite or coloured pencils is a must to an artist's personal development. In this section we have a fantastic collection of free drawing tutorials to inspire you to a surprisingly neglected, yet cheap and beautiful medium. View ALL Pencil Drawing Tutorials

	WATERCOLOUR PAINTING TUTORIALS
	Watercolour Art Watercolour has long been a favoured medium of many an artist, although some seek to delve straight in where angels fear to tread. Watercolours are arguably one of the hardest of media to learn and control, although it's often the accidental nature of watercolours that gives it such popularity. This set of free watercolour painting lessons focuses on realistic techniques. View ALL Watercolour Lessons

	OIL PAINTING TUTORIALS
	Oil Painting Art Despite the costs, smell, required expertise and the pain of cleaning up afterwards, oil paints remain one of the most flexible of media, lending itself to many techniques. Probably considered one of the hardest of media, most likely due to the vast amount of technical information a person can digest on the subject, it is certainly one of the most fun and forgiving. ArtGraphica's large set of free, guest written oil painting tutorials, explores many subjects and techniques from some exceptionally talented artists. View ALL Oil Painting Lessons

	FREE PASTEL PAINTING LESSONS
	Pastel Art Pastels consist of pure pigment powder and binder and are capable of producing beautiful colours and soft edges. If properly protected pastel paintings will last a long time as can be seen by some of the 18th century pastel masters. Pastels were even mentioned by Leonardo da Vinci in 1495. View ALL Pastel Painting Art Demonstrations

	ACRYLIC PAINTING TUTORIALS
	Acrylic Painting Art Acrylic is a relatively new medium and surprisingly overlooked. It offers an alternative to other painting media and has the benefit of being well priced, and easy to clean up (providing you don't allow paint to dry on your brushes!). These free acrylic art tutorials, show off the versatility of acrylic paints. View ALL Acrylic Art Tutorials

	CHARCOAL, DRAWING LESSONS
	Charcoal Art Although charcoal is sometimes considered a "beginner's" medium, this really is far from the truth. Vine charcoal is usually quite forgiving, allowing free flowing expression, but also capable of rendering careful details. Shading can be achieved in the fraction of the time it might take with a conventional pencil, and drawings/sketches produced on tinted papers with a hint of chalk can add a whole new dimension to your art. View ALL Charcoal Lessons

	PEN AND INK, DRAWING LESSONS
	Pen and Ink Art Pen and ink provides those instant darks that graphite artists' envy, although it does come with its own set of challenges, and can be very unforgiving of mistakes. Shading can be achieved with hatching or stippling as demonstrated in the free tutorials. View ALL Pen and Ink Lessons

	ART THEORY TUTORIALS
	Art Theory Experience counts for a lot, but can become limited without knowledge of techniques and science. The two art theory lessons included thus far, examine retarders used for drying oil paints and the principles of colour design rules. View ALL Art Theory Tutoriuals

	WETCANVAS DRAWING BASICS 101
	The Wetcanvas website ran a Drawing Basics 101 class a few years ago to help beginner artists. It proved a great success and was emulated by many art related websites since. A few of the original guest lessons were hosted here at ArtGraphica, including lessons on perspective drawing, gesture sketches and portraits. These original Wetcanvas guest tutorials can be viewed here. View ALL Wetcanvas 101 Basic Guest Classes


CHARCOAL Female Nude	CHARCOAL Nietzsche	ACRYLIC Blue Heron	ACRYLIC Littlehampton	PENCIL Grass	PENCIL Lighthouse	PRISMACOLOR Children	PENCIL Trees


PENCIL The Eye	PENCIL Tips	PENCIL JMW Turner	OIL PAINTS Atmosphere	OIL PAINTS England	OIL PAINTS Fantasy	OIL PAINTS Grand Canyon	OIL PAINTS Gorilla


OIL PAINTS New Zealand	OIL PAINTS Poppy Scene	OIL PAINTS Rocky Mountains	OIL PAINTS Portrait	OIL PAINTS Tiger's Eyes	OIL PAINTS William Whittaker	PEN & INK Dorset Church	WATERCOLOR Drybrush


WATERCOLOR Portrait	WATERCOLOR Irish Hills	WATERCOLOR Dog	WETCANVAS Bridge	WETCANVAS Celebrity Art	WETCANVAS Children	WETCANVAS Fantasy	WETCANVAS Gesture Sketches


WETCANVAS Perspective	WETCANVAS Portrait	WETCANVAS Water Soluble	OTHER Mural Painting	WATERCOLOR Utah River	WATERCOLOR Leopard	WATERCOLOR Values	WATERCOLOR Hill Farm


OIL PAINTING Mountains	ACRYLIC Trees	PEN & INK Inking	PEN & INK Dead Rat	WATERCOLOR Blooms	WATERCOLOUR Fairy	PASTELS De Niro	PASTELS Dog

PASTELS Landscape	PENCIL Child	PENCIL Backlit Garlic	PENCIL The Clubs	PENCIL Cotswold Cheese	WATERCOLOUR Painting Metal	WATERCOLOUR New York	ACRYLIC Merced River

OIL PAINTING Sword Fantasy	OIL PAINTING Ocean Surf	OIL PAINTING Shaw Cove	PASTELS Lion Cub	PASTELS Park	PASTELS Tiger	WATERCOLOR Birch Trees	CHARCOAL Puma Portrait

ACRYLIC Acrylic Demo	ACRYLIC Wolf	ACRYLIC Tulips	ACRYLIC Waterfall	OIL PAINTING Pears	OIL PAINTING Winter Scene	WATERCOLOUR Blackberries	WATERCOLOR Heidi Klum Rose

PEN & INK Drawing Trees