Stephen Lursen Art — free

What art supplies do I need to get started making art?  1.) Once you figure out what you want to make based on your inspirational set of images. Ask yourself, "What medium do I need to use to achieve a like result?" To answer this check the material/media list from the artist's painting. Typically when you find a painting on a gallery - even online- it will include the material and media used. That starts your shopping list. Sometimes you see they use a mix of media such as acrylics, collage, ink, watercolor, or oil. Many of these can be...

Hello everyone! I am excited to have been included in Donna Downey's "Find Out Fridays" weekly online workshops as an October instructor! If you'd like to find out more about Donna's 2016 Find Out Friday's free weekly instructional videos just click the link. I received a bag of 5 mystery items in the mail, not knowing what the heck I was going to get, and loved the experience of getting to create using materials I am not used to. The only material I was used to was the paint marker. Everything else was new to me and I thought anxiously...

In this video and blog post I'm talking about the most popular types of paint. If you have looked at art online and seen an artist use acrylics or oils and thought "What's the real difference? I wonder why the artist chose to use that?" Then this info should be very helpful! The painting media I include are: Acrylics - water based, quick dry time, can be mixed with a huge variety of acrylic mediums to change the paint's consistency, opacity, drying time, texture, finish, etc. Can be thinned with water but only to a max of 30%. If you dilute acrylics more than...

Watch the video to find out if you won! There are more winners than you expected! A HUGE THANK YOU to all of you who participated in this grand opening give away! I look forward to doing giveaways regularly to stay connected with you and keep everyone on their toes! Who knows you may become a collector of my fine art by winning it! Happy painting! Stephen Subscribe to our mailing list * indicates required First Name * Last Name * Email Address *

www.stephenlursen.com       I'm extremely proud of all the work I've put into it, but my website doesn't do anyone any good without interaction, so my hope today is that you will take a few minutes to check it out to see what I have to offer.      To empower you on your daring adventure through my site (and just for fun) I’m giving you a $5 discount code with no minimum purchase! That covers nearly all of my Digital Printables! These printable PDFs are my art in digital form that you can print and hang on demand and even give...