Stephen Lursen Art

Hello! Stephen Lursen here with a new online workshop!  I call it  London, New York, and Paris workshop.      This five part video workshop takes you step by step from a blank 11"x14" canvas and 3 printed out images (the PDF images are included in the workshop) through the collage stage, then on to multiple layers to get a beautiful painting. I am very happy with this work of art and I believe that you will be too! You can definitely do this painting! No drawing skills are required. This workshop is a great value because once you complete...

I am so excited to be releasing a brand new art instructional video called Coffee Cup Workshop. In this video I take you step by step from a blank 10"x20" canvas to the final brush stroke of this beautiful painting. I've taught this class at least 6 times in the studio and I have received emails from some of you who have seen the class advertised, but live too far away to come in for the class. This video is now available for everyone! I had such a blast making this painting and I am sure you will too! This is...

Hello! I would love to share this brand new video titled Day Dreamer with you! Using my cling stamp I designed for Donna Downey Studios, Independent Women series -Anastasia {believes}, I will show you a way you may have never thought to use it before! My focus in this painting was COLOR and lots of it. I painted a world of colorful circles bubbling up around the figure.  In the last two videos about painting the face, I made the skin tone more complex by mixing a wide range of colors. In this video I am changing my style a...

My name is Stephen Lursen and I am excited to release my newest video on how to paint the face! This video titled Painting the face II is unique, challenging, yet very approachable because I demonstrate in detail every step of the way. To create this painting I start off by using one of my designed cling stamps titled What do you see - large face. I am very proud of the painting, with its bright yellow grungy background and the figure's long flowing coppery colored hair. If you have ever wanted to develop your skills on painting the face...

My name is Stephen Lursen and I would like to welcome you to come along on this creative journey to paint a face, hair, and abstract background.Starting with a canvas or art journal, our new cling stamp Off in the distance, a pencil, paint brush, palette knife, a few soft pastels of your choosing, and some acrylic paint let us make a work of art to be truly proud of!I hope that you not only watch this video and make a work of art yourself, but that you also upload an image of your new painting to my Stephen Lursen...