Oil Painting - Free Art Tutorials

Painting with oils is surely one of the most rewarding challenges if only for the sheer manipulability of the media and stability of colours. Cleaning paint brushes may prove to be a different matter, but shouldn't put any artist off such a wonderful media that has surived through many centuries. Below is a modest collection of free oil painting tutorials by some very talented artists.

	GIRL AMONGST BAMBOO (Brittany)
	Art Category: Oil Painting, Alla Prima Free Art Tutorial Artist: Scott Burdick 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 some great close up's to show off the brush strokes.

	THE GRAND CANYON, NORTH RIM
	Art Category: Oil Painting Free Art Tutorial Artist: J.H.Thomas Jim Thomas moved to Arizona in 1978, and has had a close and personal connection to the land and its history since childhood. This fantastic art demonstration is in two parts, and doesn't disappoint in its ability to capture the epic size and scale of the Grand Canyon

	THE TRANQUIL SEA
	Art Category: Oil Painting Free Art Tutorial Artist: Philip Howe Philip Howe has been producing commercial illustration for the past thirty years. This oil painting demonstration offers some great insights into Philip's approach to painting, with many photographic illustrations along the way. The art demonstration is divided up over two pages.

	ELFIN COVE
	Art Category: Oil Painting Free Art Tutorial Artist: William Whitaker William Whitaker is a well respected artist, well known for his tight figurative work. He lives in Provo, Utah, and taught art for twelves years before devoting himself fully to his own paintings. This painting demonstration dates back to a piece first created in 1983.

	NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPE, SETTLER'S REST
	Art Category: Oil Painting Free Art Tutorial Artist: Graham Braddock 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.

	MOUNTAIN GORILLA
	Art Category: Oil Painting Free Art Tutorial Artist: Jason Morgan 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).

	SPRINGTIME GLORY, LANDSCAPE WITH POPPIES
	Art Category: Oil Painting Free Art Tutorial Artist: Jennifer Young 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.

	LAKE LOUISE AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
	Art Category: Oil Painting Free Art Tutorial Artist: Paul Rupert Paul Rupert is a Canadian artist and an elected member of the Canadian Society of Artists. Paul studied formally at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, under the late Arthur Lismer, and today his paintings are much sought after. This painting demonstration is inspired by Paul's travels in the Rocky Mountains.

	TIGER'S EYES
	Art Category: Oil Painting Free Art Tutorial Artist: Jason Morgan 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).

	ENGLISH RURAL LANDSCAPE
	Art Category: Oil Painting Free Art Tutorial Artist: Kim Loydall Kim Loydall lives and works with fellow artist, Julie Hirons, in the heart of England, and both have been producing paintings since the 1970's. Kim works primarily in oil paints in the genre of landscape painting. In this demonstration Kim shows us an English rural road, and his method for building up towards a finely detailed finished painting.

	ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE
	Art Category: Oil Painting Free Art Tutorial Artist: Richard Robinson 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.

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