Art techniques tutorial

To improve your painting skills, it’s essential to get to grips with some watercolour techniques, and try them out for yourself.

This guide will teach you how to use watercolor pencils to get consistent results in your artwork.

Mixed media art journaling is so fun. If you need more ideas, check out these three mixed media tutorials and make amazing colorful art journal pages. They're great for art journaling beginners. #artjournal #artjournaling #mixedmedia #mixedmediatutorial #mixedmediaartjournal #artjournalbackground #mixedmediabackground

Get great Beginner Tips, Supply List, and an easy to follow tutorial for paint pouring on rocks. For more information on the materials needed and easy step-by-step guide for paint pouring on rocks. #rockpainting #acrylicpouring

These are perfect for beginner artists looking for some tips to get them started. If you have any painting hacks of your own, please share them.

What is Gesso and how to use it. This is a Comprehensive Guide to using this Arts and Crafts Medium in your Mixed Media, Handmade or Junk Journal projects. By Rebecca Parsons for The Graphics Fairy

It’s amazing the amount of different kinds of art mediums that are available to us right now. And what’s even more amazing is when you use them together. I heard that new products are made just by mixing various mediums together. I’m assuming the risk for accidentally concocting a toxic mix is pretty low. Today I want to show you what happens when you spray ink onto dried gesso. It really is pretty cool. Supplies needed: Card stock or art journal White gesso Stencils Spray ink Ok. Let’s…

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In my recent paintings, I've started incorporating rather unusual techniques. Cotton buds, paper towel, fingernails, whatever gets the job done. I take this as a good sign, as it means I'm focusing more on the outcome rather than how I'm going to get there. I'll run through some of these techniques in this post, using

Stuck for ideas? Here are 20 art techniques to try, using materials you probably already have, suggested by real life artists. :)