Looking for something specific? Contact us for an alphabetical list of All our Tuesday's Tips by subject. SteveFaver@ArtForAllAgesOnline.com
April 20
Paint: How to work with less expensive Paint (You Get What You Pay For) Our videos use professional watercolors However some painters use less expensive paint that may not work the same. Here are some tips on the differences and how to work with them.
April 13
Taping Paper: How to effectively Tape your Paper For our Art Projects!
April 6
Helping You Help Others! This short video is to help you help others. Whether you are leading your own Art class, Or you're a caregiver working with others.
March 30
Sponges: How to Clean Them... (With a Microwave) Whether you are cleaning One sponge or a Bucket of sponges Here are some great tips on how to do it easily!
March 23
Color: Tints and Shades Learn these terms and how to make "Tints" Soft Colors & "Shades" Dark Colors.
March 16
Flick Your Brush! Flicking your brush with water onto your painting can be a big mistake. However when done intentionally it creates a wonderful effect!
March 9
Sponge on the Tape (Create Clean Edges) Watch this short video to see the importance of placing your Sponge Onto the Tape to create a "Clean Edge".
March 2
Tree Shadows (How to make them) Watch this short video to learn the dos and don'ts on how to use your sponge to create the perfect shadow for your trees!
Tip - February 23
Heavy Hand Vs. Light Hand: Learn the difference and learn to use both in your paintings. BOTH Work!
Tip - February 16
Paper Options and Solutions Watercolor Papers, Watercolor Blocks, Illustration Watercolor Board, and Stretching Your Own Paper...
Tip - February 9
Paint Differences What's the difference between less expensive paints and the more expensive paints?
Tip - February 2
Why do I Paint my Sponge? Learn the reasons and advantages of why I place the paint from my brush directly onto my sponge.
Tip - January 26
Can't paint the Tree? Here are some alternatives of what you can do instead of painting the tree..
Tip - January 19
Composition! Where and how you place objects in your paintings makes a difference. Watch this video to learn how to create harmony with your composition in various ways!
Tip - January 12
Table or Easel? Watercolors: Should you paint on a Easel or Table?
Tip - January 5
SPONGE - To Squeeze or Not to Squeeze? This is the Question... This short video goes over the options available to you and the various techniques in answering this question.
Tip - December 29
How to Make the Sun in Your Paintings. Here's an EASY way to add a Sun (or Moon) into any of your paintings!
Tip - December 22
When Can I Paint on My Own? This short Video addresses this question...
Tip - December 15
Painting Trees (Advanced) Ready to take your paintings to the Next Level! This video shows how to paint Trees with more details!
Tip December 8
T-Square – Ruler - or - Eyeball it (You Choose) See the various ways to line up your tape to Create Horizon lines for your paintings.
Tip - December 1st
TAPE: "To Tape or not To Tape?" This is the question! See the differences with your paintings if you choose to Tape your paintings or not...
Tip - November 17
Hard and Soft Edges Using both of these kinds of edges will make your paintings more interesting!
Tip - November 11
Brush and Sponge Working Together! See how these 2 working together can create all kinds of parts of your paintings.
Tip - November 3
Dry Brush Technique Add texture, detail and interest to your paintings with this technique
Tip - October 27
Color Changes Makes New Paintings! See how changing the color scheme of your painting can make the same painting become a new painting!
Tip - October 20th
Paint Palettes and Color Vibrancy! We look at some of the various palettes available and variation of Color Vibrancy.
Tip - October 13
Water to Paint Ratio We take a look at how much water to use when mixing your paint and how the ratio changes based on the your geographical location and the season.
Tip - October 6
Horizon Lines: Creating Horizon lines with Tape and T-Square
Tip - September 29
Cover Sheet: The use of a "Cover Sheet" will prevent you from smearing your painting...
Tip - Sept 22
Fix Your Mistakes (How To) We have been asked to make this video To help when Oooops... I've made a mistake and what should I do?!!
Tip - Sept. 15
Turn Your Painting Around and Around again!
Tip - September 8
Don't Smudge Your Painting Learn how to NOT Smudge your painting with your hand while painting (Either Left Handed or Right Handed)
Tip - August 25
Website Tutorial This short 14-Minute video will walk you through all the steps to using our website!
Tip - August 18
Greeting Cards Learn how make any of our paintings into Greeting Cards
Tip - August 11
Tape Talk Learn about the various tape options and benefits of each.
Tip - August 4
Sponges: Learn the differences between Sponges from BLICK and Trader Joe's
Tip - July 21
Birds: How to Paint Birds
Tip - July 14
Palettes (How to Fill and Refill)
Tip - July 7
Trees: How to Paint Trees
Tip - June 30
Sponges: Transforming Your Sponge Or you may order from us "Ready Made Sponges".
Tip June 23
Brushes: The Secret of Using a Paint Brush
Tip - June 16
Stencils! Our unique stencils for making Birds And MUCH More!
Tip - June 9
The Hair Dryer
Tip - June 2
Don't Put your Brush in your Mouth!
Tip - May 26
# 3 Move with the Sponge
Tip - May 19
#2 Move with the Sponge
Tip - May 12
#1 Move with the Sponge
Zoom Meeting: 3 Ways our Online Art Classes work for YOU!