Become the fine art painter you want to be

Get concise, weekly email updates that share curated resources for fine art painters.The emails are for painters in any medium, genre, or style. And for painters at any level of knowledge, skill, or experience.Resources include videos, blogs, courses, workshops, newsletters, experiments, quizzes, communities, books, blogs, articles, essays, digital publications, and more.Most of these resources cost you nothing.Emails come on Saturdays, always at no charge.

Your weekly emails will always be free. I will never share your email address with anyone. You can unsubscribe easily at any time.—Dave Vranicar, founder & publisher

Who Learn Paint Share is for

You would love to paint better.

But it's hard to start.And it may be even harder to continue your painting practice after you've started it.

You’ve been wanting to paint for a long time.You think of gorgeous colors on a palette, the smell of an art studio, the feel of a well-made brush in your hand.But so many other things compete for your time and attention.

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You tell yourself you’ll paint later, when your life settles down.You wonder if it's already too late to become as good a painter as you suspect you might. If only you could give it enough attention.

If not now, when?

Your desire to paint keeps resurfacing.You want to see more deeply, to feel you're living more fully. You want to create more things and share them.Maybe you picture yourself living or working in bright, light spaces with beautiful paintings on the walls.You imagine how it would feel to have your own work hanging there......among paintings collectors pay thousands of dollars to own.When such dreams visit, treat them like gifts. They deserve your attention and gratitude.

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You may feel overwhelmed by the number of choices you face:

  • How and where should you start painting?

  • What kind of art instruction would be best for you now?

  • Which of the thousands of free online resources are worth exploring?

  • Should you learn to draw before you paint?

  • How can you accelerate your learning?

  • How can you achieve the best results for your investment of time and money?

How Learn Paint Share can help

Think of Learn Paint Share as a supplemental boost to help you build, maintain, or rebuild momentum in your painting practice.No brief weekly email can replace the benefts of in-person art instruction.Yet few studio classes address the range of topics you'll find regularly in Learn Paint Share.Here's a sample from our editorial calendar:

  • 14 Ways to Achieve the Illusion of Depth on Flat Surfaces

  • How and When To Use Dominant Color in Your Paintings, with a Dozen Examples from Master Painters

  • When Is an Art School Education Worth Its High Cost?

  • How Master Painters Created Effective Backgrounds for Portraits

  • How to Use Digital Technology To Improve Your Traditional Paintings.

  • How To Start and Fill 'Creative Sketchbooks' (As Opposed To Conventional Sketchbooks), with 11 Tips from a Top Online Instructor.

  • Should You Learn To Draw Before You Start To Paint?

  • Research Findings: How Much Can You Improve Your Painting by Watching Videos of other Artists Painting?

When you receive the weekly email, you needn't worry about missing articles like these.

Be inspired by close study of the work of master artists

Carmen Gaudin. (detail) (1885), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901, French). National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Oil on wood. 23.8 x 14.9 cm (9 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)Extreme closeups of brushwork help you see how painters achieve their effects. You'll get plenty of extreme closeups like this in Learn Paint Share.

The goal of Learn Paint Share is to help you continue learning and growing as a painter.The method is to help cultivate your curiosity through discovery, fun, play, and a sense of adventure.The focus is on topics that will be practical and useful, that help you achieve a goal or overcome a challenge you face.You will:

  • Learn about methods, processes, techniques, and materials that enable you paint better.

  • Broaden your exposure and taste in painting.

  • Learn to think more like a painter.

  • Develop painting habits and routines that fit your temperament.

  • Grow at your own pace.

  • Work within your own schedule.

  • Avoid wasting time and money on resources that disappoint you.

You'll be invited to explore recommended resources.You'll also receive ideas for "tiny experiments" that help you apply and retain what you learn.Learn Paint Share doesn't give you rules to follow. Instead, you'll learn about principles, skills, and methods that can help you achieve your goals or overcome your challenges with your painting.When you read it regularly, you will seldom lack ideas, inspiration, or motivation.

What you'll get when you subscribe

Each weekend, you’ll receive one short email you can skim in about three minutes.Your emails will contain links to other resources you're likely to find useful and interesting.You can expect interesting variety in the formats.Some weeks, your email will contain a small number of links to articles that will each take about 5 to 10 minutes to read.Alternatively, your email might link to a more substantial downloadable PDF on some facet of fine-art painting. Learn Paint Share will publish PDFs on topics you're likely to want to save for future use.In rotating weeks, your email will share three to five links to a variety of resources for fine-art painters.With each link, you will find a summary and highlights of the resource. These help you decide which resources are worth your time to explore.Most links will be to resources you can enjoy at no cost.You'll also receive suggestions of things you can buy. But you'll feel no pressure to buy them.The formats of your weekly emails are likely to evolve as you share feedback about your preferences.

Who publishes Learn Paint Share, and why?

I'm Dave Vranicar, founder, editor, and publisher of Learn Paint Share.I've been a professional ghostwriter for decades. I worked mainly in Tech, where I learned to communicate complicated ideas simply.I've also been an avid but intermittent student of painting for longer than I've been writing.I am not an art instructor. I try to be a helpful, knowledgeable guide.Now I publish information and insights I've found helpful, in formats that fit my learning style.As a lifelong student of painting, I have received art instruction in many forms and from many teachers.Some of that instruction has been great. Much of it disappointed.That's how I know it's hard to learn to paint in ways that suit your own needs, goals, temperament, budget, and other constraints.Fortunately, it's easier now to learn to paint than ever before—provided you find a path that works for you.Learn Paint Share is here to help you build a lifelong painting practice that brings you joy, energy, purpose, and satisfaction.

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Your weekly emails will always be free. I will never share your email address with anyone. You can unsubscribe easily at any time.—Dave Vranicar, founder and publisher