Art Tutor has launched

Art Tutor launched this week and promises to be an exciting new way for artists of all levels to brush up on skill that they need. Video tutor-age seems to be the order of the day, with step by step, bite sized chunks guiding you through all you need to know in a variety of mediums.

Take a foundation course in Watercolour, Oil Painting, Acrylic Painting, Pastel and Drawing plus much much more. What's more is you can pick and choose what you want to learn through the entire range and all for just a small subscription of £10 pcm if your based in the UK. You can cancel once youve finished what you want to learn its that simple.

Click the picture to see for yourself what its all about, I shall be taking up a subscription myself.

Working on my blog content

I have been working on my blog content today and you will find some new things appeared on the right hand side. Firstly there is a Video feature linked to the Painting and Drawing Channel, which features tutorials from some of the best art teachers in the UK in a range of media, Oil Painting, Pastel Painting, Watercolour Painting and Drawing.

I have also added two link sections which contains 10 top links I think my readers, that's you, would be interested in. The first section contains Art related links including education, art supply stores and resources. The second section includes links to artists that I admire, whose work I find interesting and thought provoking. These links will be updated regularly so check back for more.

For a snippet of the Painting and Drawing Channel here is a taster video to get you started

Sketch a day 001

 Traditional Cornish Unit - A4 - Pen and Watercolour Wash

Well what a horrid 24hrs

After settling down to do my very first sketch for my challenge sketch a day yesterday, there was a blood curdling scream and the upshot of that was me racing towards A&E (ER if your American) with my 7yr old daughter Bethany who has broken her arm in two places jumping around on her friends tramoline. 6hrs later two very tired people arrived home 4am one in plaster and the other wanting to get plastered.....

I have hospital Thursday with her to see if they shall operate.

I did manage my first sketch though which is only a simple view near to our house, it was all I could muster considering the chaos

Winsor and Newton Artists Oil Colour Bamboo Box, Art Supplies and Art materials, SAA

Winsor and Newton Artists Oil Colour Bamboo Box, Art Supplies and Art materials, SAA

These are the paints I use in many of my paintings and this is a fantastic set for starting out in oils. Always use the best you can afford, and using artist quality paint as a beginner will increase your confidence with the medium as the vibrancy in artist oils is so much brighter, and you will use less!

Artists Helping Artists: Branding and Growing Your Art Business

I came across this blog today while looking for other blogs with the same keywords as mine. This is just one particular post of many on the site which focus on blog radio talks geared to helping artists. I suggest you take a look because even though it is American based we can all adapt the advise to suit our own countries.

Enjoy :-)

Artists Helping Artists: Branding and Growing Your Art Business: Painting by Leslie Saeta "Branding and Growing Your Art Business" Scheduled Air Date: Thursday, January 19, 9:00 am PST, 12:00 noon EST...

Old Wooden Door

This is an old painting done when I was experimenting with Watercolour. I read an article of the "The Artist" magazine by Terry Harrison and decided to give it a go, I was working in oils at the time and had never used Watercolour. I must admit I do not paint often in Watercolour as yet.