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Tutorials and Tips

This is a list of some good tutorials and tips for creating art that I have found on the internet. Some of the items contain step-by-step instructions, and how-to video's. Bookmark this page as a reference to some very good resources.


 Drawing

Figure Drawing eBooks

Practical Drawing

 Painting

6 Basics of Landscape Painting by Ben Fenske - pdf

Build Your Own Pochade Box

Another Pochade Box Design

The Art of the Landscape 

Dan Shultz - Landscape Painting Demonstration

Encaustic Recipe

Essential Concepts of Landscape Painting

Jon Houglam - Oil Painting Landscape Demo 

Oil Painting Tutorials : How to Start and Finish an Oil Landscape Painting

Painting Landscapes : Tips on how to see and mix the greens

Paintmaking - Make your own paint 

"Vineyard Patterns" Demonstration Painting by Jennifer Young

Watercolor Painting Lessons by John Lovett


 Sculpture

Cement and Paper Fiber Sculpting

Cement Sculpture Reinforced with Biological Fiber
 
Polyadam Concrete System

Portland Cement Sculpture Approach
 

 Ceramics and Pottery

Fireplace Ash Glazes

How to Build a Paper Kiln

Sawdust Fired Ceramics

Pit Fired Pottery 


 Printmaking

Instructions to Build a Bottle Jack Press by Charles Morgan - pdf

Lino Printing - An Introduction

Tips For Using the Bottle Jack Press

Nontoxic Printmaking

Printmaking Studio Notes and Methods by Maria Arango

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