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Learning to Paint: 5 Things You NEED to Know

How to Start Painting

If you're someone who wants to learn to paint, this article is for you. We cover the important inner game of getting yourself to begin and the practical game of buying the right supplies. If you follow these tips, you can experience the excitement and sheer joy of painting.

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Questions & Answers: Learning to Paint with Rick Delanty

 

by Jed Dorsey

This video is from a recent live Q&A that we did for Acrylic University members in our private Facebook Community. I had the privilege of interviewing California landscape painter, Rick Delanty. The first half of the video is the interview. The second half is a time when both Rick and...

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How To Grow: Timely, Free Painting Classes

Online art school launches free training to public; artist's story proves the health benefits of creativity.
 
While schools nationwide are closing, Acrylic University is doing the opposite. The school is opening its doors to everyone. For free.

An online art school with students fr

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Size to Paint, How to Store, & Selling in Restaurants

Hey, friends, I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving if you're from the US, of course.

 We have three questions in a row from Nancy.

"What Size Should I Paint and Try to Sell?"

She asks: "Is it best to paint the same sizes as a rule? I keep trying to appeal to all kinds of buyers with very...

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The FIRST Secret to Becoming a Confident Artist

 “Remember one rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.”

- Steven Pressfield

 

Giving Up

Even though we were only about thirty minutes into the painting class I was teaching, she had given up. Her brushes were sitting on her palet...

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