Searching for Oil Painting Lessons Online - Choosing the Right One

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by Reinaldo Arvelo

in Art / Painting    (submitted 2013-08-13)

Are you looking for oil painting lessons online? You're definitely going to find hundreds of them online. Yet, finding the right one can take some time. But the truth is choosing the right one depends on three important factors.

I'm a fine artist myself. Even though all of my training was done in a studio on campus, 

I still to this day look for online guides and resources. You can never get enough information on new techniques. Learning from different artists can help you develop new personal tools in your art.

You can buy books, which I still do but sometimes having a live presentation from an actual painter is still best. Watching artists at work is not the same as reading a step-by-step guide. Plus paying large amounts of money to learn from another master can hit your pockets hard at times.

But how many times have you looked at an online preview of a lesson and asked yourself if this artist is worth the investment? This has happened to me plenty of times.

To really find an online guide that fits your needs you need to look at these three important factors in choosing the right online oil painting lessons.

The three factors are:

1) Choose a master painter with an extensive background and skill in oil painting. So if they have a website take a look at their resume.

2) Choose online lessons that both provide video and written materials. Having one with out the other can sometimes be useless.

3) Choose a product that gives you the affordability and the freedom of choosing the art lessons you want. You want to be able to structure your own personal lessons the way you feel comfortable.

Choosing your master painter online may depend on your preference of style and technique. Or it may even be by the choice of medium or the tools needed to accomplish them.

As a word of caution don't spend your money on a painting membership. You will end up paying monthly fees that don't add up to the true value of the lessons.

Searching for online painting lessons shouldn't be hard but choosing the right one will depend on the three factors mentioned. Don't spend money until you find the right one.

Online painting lessons are great because you will be able to even follow your online teacher while painting in your own home. Giving you the control to pause and rewind your lesson at your own free will.