Chickadee Painting Techniques

Intermediate to advanced oil painting techniques from Wilson Bickford showing how to paint a pudgy little Chickadee sitting on a winter branch. Bickford begins with an underpainting of bird in acrylic and ends using oils.

Paint a Chickadee

Step by step painting demo from Wilson Bickford. Oils over an Acrylic underpainting.

         

Bird's Nest with Eggs

'Nesting' 18" x 18" oil by Mary Maxam

Mary Maxam shares a step by step demo for painting this bird's nest in oils.  A very attactive impressionistic painting. 

How to Paint a Seagull

Robert Hagan shows how easy it is to add some life to your paintings in this quick guide on how to paint seagulls! 

How to use Colored Pencils and the Color Wheel

Colored Pencil Demo

Jacqueline Pettie is a budding colored pencil artist. The style of this young artist is a mix of realism and out of this world colors.  While she progresses in the art world, she also inspires others by creating lessons free of charge online.  In this video, Jacqueline

How to Paint an Autumn Garden with Vivid Colors

Visitor in Garden  by Soon Warren

Paint this colorful garden scene following this step-by-step demo from watercolor artist Soon Warren.

As the seasons begin to change, enjoy the vivid, autumnal colors of this free watercolor exercise from Soon Warren.  This simple demonstration will teach you how to paint a beautiful Japanese garden using the brilliant colors of fall.   This is an excerpt from Warren's book Painting Vibrant Watercolors.

How to Paint Bird Feathers in Acrylic

Free demonstration on how to paint song bird feathers in acrylic from artist and author Rod Lawrence.  Lawrence paints a white-throated sparrow's feathers using several thin coats of paint to build on an opaque base.  This is an excerpt from his book "Painting Wildlife Step by Step".

Nuthatch, David N. Kitler

Follow along with these step-by-step photos as wildlife artist David N. Kitler paints a Nuthatch (acrylics).