Oil Painting
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Featured Articles

Top 10 Oil Painting Tips from Johannes Vloothuis
Award-winning painter and international art instructor, Johannes Vloothuis, shares 10 oil techniques for better paintings.

Alla Prima Painting: A Modified Method
Starting with a quick-drying underpainting and working with medium allow an alla prima painter to make “at once” last longer.
Oil Painting
Master key techniques and achieve beautiful results.
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Oil Painting Techniques: Dramatic Sky Video Download
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Color Mixing: Master Your Palette Course
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Basic Color Mixing Techniques with Mark Menendez Video Download
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Paint Along Workshops
Live Stream Watercolor, Oil & Pastel Instruction
Looking to improve your painting skills? Join Johannes Vloothuis, our most popular instructor, every month for live stream painting workshops in watercolor, pastel and oil. No matter your skill level or time commitment, you will walk away with a new excitement for painting. Try it today!

Competitions
12th Annual Artistic Excellence
Final Deadline: August 1, 2022
Inviting emerging and established artists to showcase their unique perspectives on genre, medium and style, our 12th Annual Artistic Excellence is the open for you! Get your artwork spotlighted in Southwest Art and win up to $2,000! Enter before our early bird deadline to save $5 per entry!
