An Introduction to Painting with Steve Huston

In this lesson, world-renowned artist Steve Huston provides an introduction to the discipline and lifelong passion of art. Whether you are a professional, or an absolute beginner, Steve’s clear and focused approach will help you explore important questions about your journey as an artist. You will also learn many important aspects of the craft of […]

World-renowned painter Steve Huston walks you through an overview of the tools and materials that you need when painting and how certain approaches work well with different painting schools. You will learn how to use materials to control how fast your paint dries, and you will also learn about the best solutions for cleaning your […]

In this video lesson world-renowned painter Steve Huston will walk you through the essential laws of light for artists. Steve will teach you how to use direct as well as indirect light to model your forms and create the sense of a light source. Materials Conté Crayon – White, Black, and Bistre Newsprint paper

In this video lesson world-renowned painter Steve Huston will teach you the essentials of working with light and shadow using oil paint. You will be working on a single basic light source and learn techniques to mix your paints in order to get your “dirty” colors. You will learn how to paint a basic egg […]

In this video lesson world-renowned painter Steve Huston will continue to demonstrate the laws of light by painting a simple bowl in oils. Steve will teach you how to break up your scenes into simple three-dimensional forms like the cylinder and how to analyze form as a series of planes, as well as how to […]

In this video lesson world-renowned painter Steve Huston will paint a torso, showing how the human can be expressed in terms of basic forms, the torso being mainly cylinders and ovoid or egg forms. Steve will go on to demonstrate the use of tone, value, and rendering to create simple forms with shadow patterns, half-tones […]

In this video lesson world-renowned painter Steve Huston will teach you an approach for dealing with light and shadow in painting known as the the Rub Out technique. You will begin by creating a toned canvas and then you will remove paint to create half tones and highlights that are lighter than the tone and […]

Steve Huston will cover the Rub out technique using a brown school palette from a painting by Frank Duveneck on white canvas. You will learn how light can affect the tone of the painting and how to add and subtract light within the Brown School palette by adding and taking away paint. Materials Gamblin Artist […]

In this lesson world-renowned draftsman and painter Steve Huston demonstrates painting in a two-value system. You will learn how about the importance of relating parts of the painting to the whole composition. Steve will also show you how to work with positive and negative background elements in your paintings, correcting mistakes organically as you go. […]

In this video lesson world-renowned painter Steve Huston will demonstrate tonal composition working from a figurative painting by Dean Cornwell and a still life painting by Jean Siméon Chardin. Painting only using black and white oils, Steve will analyze the works of these master artists and show you the basic value structure. Materials Gamblin Artist […]

World-renowned painter Steve Huston breaks down a painting by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn and analyzes the artist’s use of shadows and overall approach to value using only black, white, and grey paint. You will learn how to control your tones and to emphasize certain features within your painting, as well as how to clearly […]

In this video lesson world renowned painter Steve Huston will be painting a female figure from a Thomas Eakins painting. Steve will teach you how to use the symmetry of the figure as an artistic tool and how to break down the figure into a series of simplified forms, shapes, and planes upon which a […]

In this lesson world-renowned draftsman and painter Steve Huston guides you through the often mystified and misunderstood subject of color theory. In his usual clear and approachable style, Steve will teach you about the color wheel, value, complimentary colors, temperature, and intensity. You will also learn some of the core principles of the laws of […]

In this lesson world-renowned draftsman and painter Steve Huston provides you with unique and comprehensive insights on painting technique, approaches and theory. You will learn about harmonizing full color paintings as well as critical artistic formulas. Steve will also demonstrate different approaches to painting include the Brown School and Impressionist painting approaches.   Materials Sharpie […]

World-renowned painter Steve Huston provides you with an introduction to the vast subject of color theory for painters. Steve will show you the critical process of mixing colors to achieve the desired tone and temperature of the colors you want. You will also learn mixing techniques for your palette and how to approach the color […]

In this video lesson world renowned painter Steve Huston will teach you about the different approaches to color palettes in painting. Specifically you will learn about the Brown School Palette used by masters such as Leonardo and Rembrandt and the Outdoor Color Palette which employs the use of more color. Materials Gamblin Artist Grade Oil […]

World-renowned painter Steve Huston will analyze a painting by Swedish artist Anders Zorn and demonstrate Zorn’s approach to color. You will learn how to employ the “Zorn palette” to your work, using only browns for your shadows and working with warm and cool colors. You will also learn the some of the distinguishing features of […]

In this video lesson world-renowned painter Steve Huston will cover the outdoor color theory of the impressionist painters. Steve will explore the techniques and theories that made these painters famous and distill the essentials that you need to understand in order to apply this theory to your own work. Materials Sharpie Markers Newsprint Paper

In this video lesson, world-renowned painter Steve Huston will dive deeper into impressionist outdoor color theory and teach you ways to use warm and cool colors in conjunction to improve your paintings. Steve will analyze a painting by Peder Severin Krøyer and demonstrate some ways to apply vibrant colors to your outdoor paintings. Materials Gamblin […]

In this video lesson world-renowned painter Steve Huston will continue to explore the outdoor color theory of the famous impressionist painters. In this lesson Steve will analyze a painting by Spanish impressionist Joaquin Sorolla paying particular attention to Sorolla’s use of color. Materials Gamblin Artist Grade Oil Colors Simply Simmons Paintbrush Canvas Panel