Painting Tutorials

15 step-by-step painting tutorials. Each session walks you through a master's technique — brush selection, paint mixing, stroke direction and timing — and ends with the materials kit for that painting. Open on a second screen while you paint.

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Old Masters Tutorials · 6 Sessions
01
Rembrandt
Chiaroscuro Portrait
Build a warm-lit portrait from a dark ground. Learn the triangle of light on the cheek, the warm reflected light in shadows, and how to glaze skin tones with transparency.
12 steps~90 minMasters
02
Caravaggio
Tenebrism Drama
Paint from total darkness. A single harsh light source reveals form from the void. Learn to control the boundary between light and pitch black.
12 steps~90 minMasters
03
Vermeer
Window Light Interior
Soft daylight flooding from the left. Learn to paint the cool-to-warm transition across a face, the pearly quality of reflected light, and Vermeer's quiet luminosity.
12 steps~90 minMasters
04
Turner
Atmospheric Glow
Paint light itself. Layer transparent warm washes to build a golden atmosphere. Let forms dissolve into luminous haze.
12 steps~75 minMasters
05
Da Vinci
Sfumato Blending
The art of smoke. Build ultra-smooth transitions with no visible edges. Layer after transparent layer creates the ethereal quality that makes the Mona Lisa glow.
12 steps~90 minMasters
06
Michelangelo
Sculptural Form
Paint like a sculptor. Top-down light reveals heroic anatomy. Learn to think in planes, model form with shadow, and create monumental presence.
12 steps~90 minMasters
Fantasy Tutorials · 3 Sessions
07
Frazetta
Dark Fantasy Oil
Dramatic underlighting on bronze skin. Deep warm shadows. Heroic composition with figures emerging from darkness. Rich oil texture throughout.
12 steps~90 minMasters
08
Vallejo
Airbrush Realism
Hyper-smooth blended surfaces. Learn the airbrush technique for metallic sheens, polished skin, and the warm dramatic highlights of heroic fantasy.
12 steps~75 minMasters
09
Kahlo
Folk Colour Palette
Bold flat areas of terracotta, olive, ochre. Learn to paint with symbolic folk patterns, strong outlines, and deeply personal narrative elements.
12 steps~75 minMasters
Comics Tutorials · 4 Sessions
10
Alex Ross
Painted Comics
Photorealist painting meets comic book heroism. Rich saturated colours, visible brush texture, and lighting that treats every panel as a gallery piece.
12 steps~90 minMasters
11
Jim Lee
Dynamic Inking
Bold ink lines and cross-hatching. Learn confident mark-making, graphic tonal simplification, and how to inject kinetic energy into every panel.
12 steps~75 minMasters
12
McFarlane
Gothic Shadows
Matte black consuming the page. Stark tonal separation with almost no midtones. Heavy oppressive atmosphere and restrained colour accents.
12 steps~75 minMasters
13
McKean
Mixed Media Collage
Charcoal, pencil, photography, torn paper. Learn to layer textures, build depth through collage, and blur the line between media.
12 steps~90 minMasters
Street / Modern Tutorials · 2 Sessions
14
Basquiat
Neo-Expressionist Energy
Raw primal marks. Bold primary colours applied with aggressive energy. Drips, scratches, crowns. Learn to paint from the gut, not the head.
12 steps~60 minMasters
15
Banksy
Stencil Technique
Bold stencil-cut flat tones. High contrast black and white with selective colour punch. Learn to design, cut, and spray a multi-layer stencil.
12 steps~60 minMasters