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10 best Youtube Channels About Learning To Paint
There are a ton of great YouTube channels out there that can teach you how to paint. Whether you’re interested in learning to paint for the first time, or you’re a seasoned artist looking for new techniques, there’s a channel out there for you. In this article, we’ll introduce you to some of the best YouTube channels for painting tutorials. So grab your brushes and paint cans and let’s get started!
Learning to paint: Top Youtube Channels
Channel Views: ~73.7m Channel Subscribers: ~733k Channel Videos: ~511
The KevinOilPainting YouTube channel is a great resource for anyone interested in learning to oil paint. The channel features Kevin Hill, an experienced artist who teaches the wet on wet oil painting technique made famous by Bob Ross. Hill provides helpful tips and instruction on how to create beautiful landscapes and seascapes on canvas.
Since launching in January 2012, the KevinOilPainting YouTube channel has amassed over 500 videos and garnered nearly 733,000 subscribers. In recent months, the channel has seen a surge in popularity, with several of its videos receiving millions of views.
Whether you’re a beginner painter looking for guidance or a seasoned artist seeking new techniques, the KevinOilPainting YouTube channel is definitely worth checking out.
SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting
Channel Views: ~4.2m Channel Subscribers: ~106k Channel Videos: ~46
The SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting YouTube channel is a great resource for anyone interested in learning how to paint or draw. The channel features lessons on topics like portrait painting, oil painting, charcoal drawing and fine art. The channel also has a strong focus on alla prima and representational art, which makes it a great choice for anyone interested in figurative art or life drawing.
The channel has 46 videos and 106,000 subscribers as of now. Check out the SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting YouTube channel today!
Online Painting Lessons
Bob Ross the Joy of Painting gets the honorary first place on this list because I am writing the list and I am shamelessly biased. The stress-relieving art teacher who started it all is ideal instruction for middle schoolers on up. His painting series is also available on Netflix and I may or may not use it to fall asleep sometimes.
Createful Kids is a mom and child-friendly account with tons of tutorials on painting and some drawing. The follow-along instruction style is little kid-friendly and there are even videos to highlight some famous artists.
The Art Sherpa is an acrylic painting channel for intermediate level artists. Probably best for middle school and high school this channel features a detailed and well explained follow-along style.
Wecreate Lessons is a channel for younger kids such as preschool and lower elementary ages. It contains simple artwork in an easy-paced, follow-along style that’s ideal for little artists.
Online Drawing Lessons
DrawingWiffWaffles is a creative account full of fun, follow-along videos of drawing with pens, markers, and sketching. It’s geared toward upper middle school to high school level and ability.
Sinix Design is a digital artist who shares technical drawings in how-to videos with quick-moving follow-along instructions. With detailed videos for drawing tricky things like body parts, this channel is great for high school-aged kids who want to get serious and improve their drawing skills.
Art for Kids Hub is the perfect family-friendly art account for elementary and middle school. You can follow right along to draw your favorite characters and animals.
Disney Parks Animation Academy has step-by-step, how-to tutorials on all your favorite characters. These lessons are great for middle schoolers and up.
Online Art History
Free School has many interesting videos on almost all subjects. You can check out their history videos here! They feature a series of videos about major artists giving short biographies.
Crafts are amazing for the creatively challenged, like myself because crafts count as art! And it just feels so good to create things!
5-Minute Crafts Kids channel contains hundreds of super cute craft ideas for your family. These are not follow-along videos, but they are designed for you to explain the craft and do it together as a project.
Easy Kids Craft is a fun follow-along channel that uses only construction paper and glue for all their crafts. Perfect for elementary-aged kids or when you need a craft idea for a science or history project.
Craft Factory is a fun channel with projects that are a bit more advanced than just construction paper but are perfect for families who love hands-on learning.
Art plays a pivotal role in the development of the young brain. The more art we expose our little learners to, the richer their learning environment will be! Happy learning!
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“Welcome to my studio! Today we’re using acrylics to re-create a painting by another one of my favourite artists!” Paint along with acclaimed artist Michael Markowsky, who each week breaks down famous artworks into simple steps that even beginner artists can follow!
Paint along with acclaimed artist Michael Markowsky, who each week will break down famous artworks into simple steps that even beginner artists can follow!
Grab your brushes and join Michael LIVE on YouTube every Tuesday at 4pm PST (or watch the recording any time at your own convenience) as he demonstrates various different acrylic painting techniques — while recreating beloved artworks from a wide range of artists — spanning all of art history. Botticelli to Bacon, Rembrandt to Pollock, Turner to O’keefe, Rubens to Saville.
This class is FREE and available to anyone, anywhere, anytime on YouTube: www.youtube.com/markowskyart
SUPPLIES NEEDED: A detailed video and list of supplies can be found HERE.
Like and subscribe to the channel so you never miss an episode. Direct links to the class will be available on the day of the class.
Tuesdays, beginning February 9, 2021 to June 29, 2021 (20 episodes total)
These online classes are offered to everyone for FREE! If you feel that they have been particularly valuable and would like Michael to know, you are welcome to send him as little as $1 directly via PayPal or support his work via Patreon.
Basic Drawing – Free Online “Intro to Illustration” Class
NOTE: This class has already happened. The live videos are available to watch at your own pace. Simply visit my YouTube channel to watch and learn: http://www.youtube.com/MarkowskyArt
ABOUT THE CLASS: BASIC DRAWING SKILLS: PORTRAIT, FIGURES, LANDSCAPE
Tired of only being able to draw stick figures?! This is an ideal class for beginner artists to gain some fundamental art techniques that will dramatically improve creative self-confidence! Through a structured series of step by step lessons, students will learn basic mark making before moving on to shading cubes and spheres, drawing animals and architecture, basic composition, geometric perspective (the illusion of 3D space on a page) and drawing from real-life.
SUPPLIES REQUIRED: Pencil, pencil sharpener, eraser and 20 sheets of photocopy paper.
Emily Carr instructor Michael Markowsky will guide you step by step from basic concepts to create finished drawings in a relaxed and encouraging live online class.
Paint the News! – Free Online “Intro to Acrylic Painting” class
“Welcome to my studio! Today we’re using acrylics to create an original painting inspired by the news!”
Paint along with acclaimed artist Michael Markowsky, who each week transforms a headline into an artwork, using a step-by-step process that even beginner artists can follow!
Grab your brushes and join Michael LIVE on YouTube every Thursday at 4pm PST (or watch the recording any time at your own convenience) as he demonstrates various different acrylic painting techniques to create an artwork fit for our times.
This class is FREE and available to anyone, anywhere, anytime on YouTube: www.youtube.com/markowskyart
SUPPLIES NEEDED: A detailed video and list of supplies can be found HERE.
Thursdays, beginning February 11, 2021 to July 1, 2021 (20 episodes total)
Share your work by tagging @MarkowskyArt and #PaintTheNews
These online classes are offered to everyone for FREE! If you feel that they have been particularly valuable and would like Michael to know, you are welcome to send him as little as $1 directly via PayPal or support his work via Patreon.
