Oil Painting, Free Art Tutorials

Scott Burdick and his wife Susan Lyon (an equally talented painter), reside in rural North Carolina. Scott's alla prima painting style demonstrates how a loose approach creates a high degree of realism and interest. In this painting demo, Scott is kind enough to give us great close up's to show off the brush strokes.

Philip Howe has been producing commercial illustration for the past thirty years. This oil painting demonstration offers some great insights Philip's approach to painting, with many photographic illustrations along the way. The art demonstration is divided up over two pages.

Graham Braddock was born in perhaps the most beautiful country in the world - New Zealand. His landscape painting demonstration captures the rugged beauty of the unspoiled New Zealand countryside. The art lesson begins on a sheet of prepared hardboard, and builds up through a charcoal underdrawing followed by acrylic washes until its final completion in oil paints.

Texas born Jennifer Young now resides in Richmond, Virginia, painting vibrant scenes of the American South and rural Europe. Jennifer's oil painting demonstration starts off on a red toned canvas, and finishes with a luscious field of poppies illuminating the foreground and pulling us into the rest of her painting.

Jason Morgan has shared a love for wildlife ever since he can remember. Alongside his passion for creating highly detailed, wildlife paintings, he also takes active involvement with wildlife conservation and is a member of the AFC (Artists for Conservation Group).

Richard Robinson lives and works in Ruakaka, near to Whangarei, New Zealand. Richard takes inspiration from the beautiful New Zealand landscape around him, seeking out the special light unique to NZ's longitude within the planet. This masterclass lesson in pleine aire painting of New Zealand's coastland includes a watchable video.

Jeff Haynie has always been passionate about fantasy art. In the 1970's Jeff worked a lot with airbrushing, later opening a studio and producing illustrations for major corporations. Currently Jeff does a lot of artwork for video games. This fantasy oil painting starts with a grisalle, a technique used by the old masters.

American artist Kenn Backhaus was born in Wisconsin. His fondness for nature became the catalyst for his art. Kenn embarked on a professional carerr in Design and Illustration in the 1970's winning many awards, though his heart always remained with outdoor painting. This plein air painting demonstration was carried out during the Sixth Annual Laguna Plein Air event in Laguna Beach, California.

Aaron Holland is a founding member of the Peninsula Plein Air Painters (PPAP) and has participated in many regional and national shows. Aaron teaches an academic approach to drawing and painting stressing the importance of draughtsmanship, composition, use of colour and calligraphic brushwork. He studied Classical Realism, and in this tutorial uses a Venetian method known as a grisaille (monochromatic underpainting).

David Dowbyhuz resides in Montreal, Quebec and is largely a self-taught artist who continues to challenge himself. One of his favourite subjects are Basset Hounds, and his passion shows through in this oil painting demonstration.

William spent 35 years in the lithographic profession as a color seperation specialist. Along with his degree in Science, William has applied a scientific approach to his love for color theory, and his passion for creative realism. This oil painting lesson features a photorealism approach to painting a purple iris, using a number of glazed layer to build up rich colors and details, built up over a grisaille underpainting.