»» Oil Painting Tutorials

I just searched across the web for some different tutorials to help beginners who are so much interested in designing, painting and so on. You all like Oil Painting right? Then fine check these tutorials and make use of it...

1. Summer Foliage
This simple tutorial will talk the novice oil painter through painting a series of bushes and tree shapes in a summer setting.


2. Landscape
This simple tutorial will talk the novice oil painter through painting a small landscape painting.


3. Painting Rocks under Water
This tutorial is really nice, especially the coloring technique implemented in the painting.


4. Vase
This simple tutorial will talk the novice oil painter through painting a simple vase.

»» Paint.NET

Paint.NET is a free photo editor for Windows which features layers, blending modes, special effects, unlimited undo history, and a number of image adjustments and filter effects. It is an open source, raster graphics editing program for Windows, developed on the .NET Framework. Originally created as a Washington State University student project, Paint.NET has evolved from a simple replacement for the Microsoft Paint program, which is included with Windows, into a powerful editor with support for layers, blending, transparency, and plug-in. It is often used as a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop. Besides the standard pixel-based painting and selection tools, Paint.NET also includes easy to use tools for drawing shapes and lines, a text tool, a clone stamp, and a recolor tool.

Paint.NET v3.36

Just download it and have fun.....

DotArt Paintings

DotArt is about dots that flicker, dance, move, pulsate and so on…….


The artist called himself as: Dot Art Dude, all the way come from Metairie, Louisiana, United States.



His unusual art is something that I want to learn more from him. He is also a good friend of mine that I know from Blog Catalog. If you visit Dot Art Dude’s Blog Catalog profile, you will see that he runs long listing of multiple blogs beside DotArt Blogspot, which you can join them as blog neighborhood if you are already become a Blog Catalog member.

Here is an online interview I have with him last week:

How you describe yourself?

I am a 43-year-old artist who generates ideas faster than I can produce them. Besides drawing and painting, I also enjoy working in photography and video. My other interests include: Apple Macintosh, education, film, music, politics, psychology, science, sociology, technology, theater, writing and wit.



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Collin James De Ruyck's Abstract Paintings

I always fascinate to abstract paintings. I found sort of well mixed medium of abstract paintings collection of Collin James De Ruyck , and I'm also amazed how he lined up the geometric shape and colors to create 3D texture effect. I should call it: "Decorative Abstract Paintings"

Somehow each of them can be part as an interior decoration. His abstract art works are able to bring a boring plan room to a very exciting room filed with great colors and style.

Here a short conversation about his artworks that might give you a clue about his paintings ;).



When did you first start painting?

I first started painting in 2003. It was after my x wife moved out and took all the furniture and I had nothing to look at buy bare walls. I was talking with a friend of mine who pushed my to start painting as he told me what I was looking for from art did not really exist, which is the style I currently use.

Who and what were some early influences?

Like I said in the last question, it was a good friend of mine named Rohn who helped me get started at a very tough time in my life.

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