Welcome to Start Art, an occasional 'bookazine' providing the ideal introduction for complete beginners looking to learn how to draw and paint.
Start Art gives helpful advice about the materials you'll need, plus guidance in the form of easy-to-follow painting techniques and step-by-step demonstrations covering various media such as watercolours, pencils, pastels, oils and acrylics. The reassuring, no nonsense tuition is provided by experienced tutors, and with subjects such as ‘How to Paint a portrait of Your Dog’, ‘Drawing from a Photograph’ and ‘Paint a Simple Still Life in Oils’,
Start Art provides all you need to create your first painting.
We have a great selection of beginner painting and drawing articles here online, take a look and you can get a feel for Start Art & Leisure Painter magazines and the great learning to draw and paint content they contain.
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