Free Art Lessons, Tutorials, Online Courses, and Videos

Learn how to Draw, Paint, and create Digital Art

ANYONE, I mean ANYONE can draw and paint, and do it well!!!( In fact, it is really true, you can do anything you want to.) Take a look at some of the free art lessons (videos)-you'll see...

Online Drawing Course- "The Secrets to Drawing" Video Course is the ultimate online drawing course.  This course is for beginner and intermediate artists and features over 500 minutes of HD video instruction and 178 pages of ebooks covering the true essence of drawing including the elements and principles of art, and a variety of drawing media and techniques.  (This course is part of membership at TheVirtualInstructor.com)

Drawing Lessons- Free drawing lessons in video format on a wide variety of media and concepts.  Learn how to draw faces, use colored pencils, draw with perspective, compositional techniques, draw people and more. Draw with graphite, conté, charcoal, pastels, ink, and more.

Painting Lessons- Free Painting lessons and tutorials in video format on a variety of painting media. Learn how to paint portraits, use oil paint, watercolor paint, acrylic paint and more.

Adobe Photoshop Lessons- Free tutorials on Adobe Photoshop in easy to understand videos.  Learn basic and intermediate techniques with these lessons.

Adobe Flash Lessons- Free Adobe Flash tutorials in easy to understand videos.  Learn how to create buttons, animations, and interactive presentations with these lessons.

Adobe Illustrator Lessons- Free Adobe Illustrator tutorials in easy to understand videos.  Learn basic and intermediate techniques.

Welcome to TheVirtualInstructor.com, your online source for free, high-quality art lessons, tutorials, and video tutorials. This site is constructed for you. Whether you are an artist, an aspiring artist, a student, a teacher, want art instruction at home, or if you are just curious, TheVirtualInstructor.com has a tutorial for you. And best of all, it is all free! This site is jam-packed with drawing tutorials, painting lessons, tutorials, videos, art fundamentals, and resources- all of which are high-quality. The lessons you get here are all original, and are taught to you by a National Board Certified Licensed Visual Art teacher and internationally published illustrator!

We have lessons on many different topics including graphite drawing, colored pencil drawing, pastel drawing, drawing faces, figure drawing, charcoal, water-based paint, oil paint, and many, many more. We even have free digital art lessons on Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Flash! The list is growing everyday!  New tutorials, lessons and videos are added almost DAILY!

It isn't talent that makes a good artist. It is knowledge! (and practice) TheVirtualInstructor.com will give you the knowledge. (the practice is up to you) Read my teaching philosophy on how I feel about talent. It may surprise you. You CAN learn to draw and paint. Drawing and painting is a learned skill, that takes practice in order to develop.

Art is not something created for the rich and snooty, it is for everyone and you can learn how to create it.  Whether it's drawing or painting or even digital art, TheVirtualInstructor.com has you covered.  Students - practice and enhance your skills.  Learn how to draw or paint at your own pace.  Teachers - refer your students to this site, or take a look at the art lesson plans and links. This site is designed for students of ALL ages and abilities.  Best of all, you can get all of this art instruction at home online.