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You Can Draw Star Wars Poster Painting
Jan 10, 2024

In creating the Style D One Sheet movie poster for REVENGE OF THE SITH, Artist Matt Busch begins painting and takes you through the complete process. Learn how to paint a lightsaber from Star Wars by ...

You can draw Star Wars washes
Jan 10, 2024

Artist Matt Busch finally begins the color painting process, showing how to lay in your under-painting with acrylic washes. The episode also touches on 'procrastination' (let's face it, a common artis ...

Man depicting a creative art tutorial themed around Star Wars painting.
Jan 10, 2024

In this hilarious episode, Matt Busch continues the painting process as he pays tribute to the legendary Bob Ross in The Joy of STAR WARS Painting. See how Matt paints with thicker, opaque acrylics, w ...

"How to Do Acrylic Painting on Feathers" cover image
Dec 9, 2015

In this video series, watch as artist Carolyn Travisano teaches how to d acrylic painting on feathers. Learn how to choose the feathers, choose brushes, choose paint, how to get inspiration, how to pr ...

"How to Paint a Pet Portrait" cover image
Jun 2, 2015

If you want to capture your pet in an oil-based portrait, this video series will help guide you along the way as you paint your animal masterpiece. In the video below, get started by learning about al ...

A close-up of a blue eye with long eyelashes and a detailed iris.
Aug 10, 2013

This watercolor tutorial shows beginners how to paint a realistic eye. This video has been sped up 8 times. ...

"Painting Porcelain Basin" cover image
Nov 12, 2012

Help!My grandmother did beautiful painting on porcelain. It was absolutely some of the most beautiful work I have seen. Unfortunately, I didn't pick up that gene. In my bathroom, the sink is white por ...

"How to Create a Drybrush Painting of Bob Marley" cover image
Nov 28, 2011

I usually do step-by-step drawing tutorials, but I found drybrush technique to be fascinating and possibly superior to pencil drawing. Pencils are limited tools because they can only be applied with a ...

"How to Make Abstract Faces Using Ink Pads" cover image
Oct 20, 2011

This video shows how to paint abstract-looking faces using ink pads.  The ink pads I use are Tsukineko Brillance Ink Pads but there are other brands that do pointy-ended ink pads that will work just a ...