Drawing & Painting - The Virtual Instructor Courses

Ink and Watercolor - Seagull

3 ratings

Combine pen-and-ink drawing with watercolor washes to create a bright, textured seagull illustration.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Composition in Art

3 ratings

Learn to strengthen drawing and painting compositions through focal points, balance, movement, harmony, space, and intentional planning.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Oil Painting - White Rose Study

2 ratings

Paint a small white rose study with water-mixable oils, using subtle color-temperature shifts, values, and brushstroke direction to create form.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Drawing a Nose with Black Pencils and White Charcoal - Live Drawing Exercise

1 rating

Draw a realistic nose on toned gray paper using black pencils, white charcoal, observation, and layered values.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Basic Color Theory Through Oil Pastels

1 rating

Learn basic color theory through oil pastel demonstrations of the color wheel, color mixing, values, intensities, and harmonious color schemes.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Color Theory and Mixing - Creating a Color Wheel with Warm and Cool Primaries

1 rating

Explore warm and cool primary colors, build a color wheel, and learn to mix pigments for any color through color relationships and schemes.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Paint a Sunset with Pastels

1 rating

Learn to build a dramatic sunset with layered pastel colors, blended transitions, organic cloud marks, and silhouetted landscape elements.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Drawing Exercises

1 rating

Practice observational drawing and imaginative sketching by reducing everyday objects to simple geometric forms, then turning those forms into creative drawings.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Drawing a Winter Landscape with Colored Pencils and PanPastel

Learn to create a snowy sledding-hill landscape by layering colored pencils over a PanPastel base to build depth, color, and texture.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Drawing a Staircase - Timed Drawing Exercise

A timed graphite exercise for drawing a staircase from reference, emphasizing accurate shapes, proportions, shading, and tonal values.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Drawing a Path with Pastel Pencils - Timed Drawing Exercise

Draw a stone-covered path with pastel pencils on black paper in a focused 45-minute exercise.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Realistic Animation - How to Rotoscope in Photoshop

Learn to create realistic frame-by-frame animations by tracing video footage in Photoshop with the rotoscoping technique.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Draw and Paint a Bird With Watercolor Pencils

Create a green bird painting with watercolor pencils using layering, water activation, color control, and brush techniques.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Landscape Painting with Pastels - Desert

Create a desert landscape with soft pastels and pastel pencils, using a secondary-color triad and repetitive marks to build visual rhythm.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Use Watercolor Markers - Techniques and Applications

Use watercolor markers with water and pen and ink to build a layered seashell drawing with color, shadows, hatching, and transparent washes.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video