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Originally Posted by Cynthia Daniel
Steven, what online learning places are you frequenting? Of course, I assume they are not portrait focused
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So, I’m thinking in part of the wealth of DVD and streaming videos now available (though I still have a small library of DVDs from Australian landscape artists, collected in the late 90s when I lived there, so it’s not just a recent thing.) Popular sources for art instruction videos include Liliedahl (
www.lilipubsorders.com ), Tucson Art Academy Online (multiple world class guest instructors) (
https://tucsonartacademyonline.com/ ), and countless YouTube videos on particular subjects (clouds, for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpoZQMdacJY ). There used to be a great online source called Craftsy.com, but it was trashed by the purchase by Bluprint; protests have led Bluprint to re-launch Craftsy on September 1; I assume it will be available through
www.mybluprint.com . If they get their act together, the site has many excellent instructional online videos. A most interesting fellow, Mark Carder, has lots of YouTube (e.g.,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anILJUpM4EI and
https://www.youtube.com/c/DrawMixPaint/videos ), as well as instruction available on his website,
www.drawmixpaint.com . For those who are working in more academic drawing and painting traditions, there are sites like
www.sightsize.com – sign up for his instructional emails.
The list is pretty much endless. Not every offering is the full tiara, but there are gems in pretty much any and all of them.
P.S. Hanging out with like-minded folks, either in workshops or paint-outs, is golden. For example, organizations such as the Outdoor Painters of Minnesota. Weekly tag-alongs with a plein air group in Australia is in fact the primary reason I decided to pursue more intensive instruction. There's no motivation like sharing what you love.