How to Draw Sketches on Canvas or Paper as Preparation for Painting Later with the Following Drawing Lessons & Tutorials

Drawing as a Preparation for Painting

To Sketch or Not to sketch before painting...what does this article say for you?

Accurate Drawing Before Painting

On the contrary…drawing well gives me the freedom to play with interesting brushwork as much as I please. Control through fine drawing is key. ‘Looseness,’ as I am fond of pointing out, should be the way a painting appears, not how it is accomplished.”

From Sketch to Painting : Still Water Sunset , Aitutaki Demonstration

This painting was completed in my studio after returning from a trip to the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. On the island of Aitutaki we enjoyed incredible sunsets reflected in the shallow lagoon which surrounded the island.

How to Sketch on Canvas Before Landscape Painting

Learn how to start sketching a landscape on your canvas before using oils in this free video lesson on artistic painting.

How to Sketch a Design Before Painting a Sunset with Watercolors

Learn how to save your design by sketching it before painting it when painting a sunset with watercolors in this free video art lesson.

Oil Painting with Confidenced from Rough Sketches

Oil painting with confidence from rough sketches through to the finished article. A warm welcome. The main aim of this site is to give you the skills to create your own oil paintings, from initial rough sketches right through to the finished article.

Sketching the Layout for Portrait Drawing

How to roughly lay out the general features of your portrait drawing and marking the eyes, nose and more; learn this and more in this free online art lesson on video about drawing portraits, taught by expert David Clemen.

Sketching Step by Step Before Painting

When you're sketching a scene, is there a right way to be going about it and a wrong way? The answer, simply, is no. A sketch is something you create for yourself, for your own reference and benefit.

Drawing and Painting Tips : The Layout Sketch - Here are the most common tools and techniques for working from a photograph.

How to Stop Pencil Sketch from Showing Through Oil Painting - Stop a Pencil Sketch Showing Through Oil Paint A tip to add to your oil painting knowledge.

Painting Tip: Draw on Canvas With a Brush Not a Pencil - Painting Tip: Draw on Canvas With a Brush Not a Pencil A helpful painting tip submitted by a fellow artist.

Six Things To Decide Before Starting to Paint - Essential decisions to make before you start a painting.