Oil painting lessons

Want to start oil painting but don't know how? Here is a step-by-step plan that gets you learning to paint in a fun and fast way.

Find five established methods to start an oil painting, that will help you compose your masterpiece with confidence.

Waiting for oil paint to dry can try an artist's patience, especially those who are used to faster-drying paint such as watercolor or acrylic. In this article, we will look at 9 different technique…

Learn about common mistakes beginner oil painters make, to help you save materials and improve more quickly.

Learn how to create more realistic paintings with these (actionable) realism painting tips, that you can begin applying to your own paintings right away!

A step by step oil painting demonstration of a landscape showing how to create a captivating focal area, by artist Barry John Raybould, creator of the Virtual Art Academy. This demonstration is a painting of a scene from an ancient village called Xinchang, near Shanghai in China. Cat. No. 1221 Xinchang Old Bridge - 40cm x 50cm - Oil on Canvas - 2018 Xinchang is an old Chinese village built with traditional wooden houses showing how life was in China several hundred years ago. I painted here…

Follow clear, proven steps to create beautiful art in oils, free of confusion and guesswork.

Award-winning painter and international art instructor, Johannes Vloothuis, shares 10 oil painting tips and tricks for better paintings.

In this guide, find eleven easy oil painting ideas, with step-by-step tutorials on how to try them for yourself.