In those first years of painting and drawing, where does a beginning artist find art lessons that teach the important principles and strategies needed for making art?

Especially if you are a retired or working adult who wants to dive deeper into painting, drawing or photography, where do you go?

Now, you can continue your art education right here.

Our goal at beginningartist.com is to give you the solid beginning lessons that prepare and inspire you for your journey into art.

We will train your mind to conceive, train your eyes to "see" and train your hands to execute what you want to achieve.

If you are like a lot of folks, you’ve already tried reading books in your search for art tips in drawing, painting or photography. You may have noticed, as I have, that a lot of books seem to start at chapter 5 or 6, assuming you already know the basics.

With 25 years of art experience, I read books that make me shake my head, wondering how a relative beginner could understand and follow what they’re saying.

You might also be like a lot of folks who have taken a workshop or art class where you were shown how to paint or draw the instructor’s favorite subject with the instructor’s favorite medium. You probably weren’t taught the principles of design, so you could design any subject you chose. You weren’t taught how to “see” with the eyes of an artist.

Well, I’d like to change that. At beginningartist.com I want you to...

Continue your art education four ways:

• Study our free art drawing lessons. They start teaching you the fundamental skills needed to learn to "see" as an artist. They also prepare you for entry into our more in-depth Art School on DVD classes.

There will be more free art lessons in the future as we expand our curriculum.To start your first free lesson, click Art Drawing Lessons.

• Read our Art Tips section.This area will be loaded with practical information and strategies to help speed you along the path to being a better artist.To start learning from these tips, click Art Tips.

• Listen in on special teleconference calls and webinars in our Special Events area. Listen as we visit artist's websites to see what we can learn from their art. Listen as guest artists talk with us about themselves and their art. While you listen, click on examples of their work to learn and be inspired.

If that kind of art lesson sounds interesting, click on the Special Events button to see what we have planned in the near future.

• When they become available, order an Art School on DVD® class. These art classes, as we develop them, will be the exciting heart and soul of our program.

Our ultimate goal is to have a complete curriculum that will allow you to select individual classes or enroll in a 6- or 12-month program that will be mailed to you, one DVD art lesson each month.

The Art School on DVD® classes will:

1.Teach you the fundamental principles of making art, like how to design every image you make, the importance of color values in creating successful images, how to find your own style and much more.

Each art lesson will also contain exercises that help you learn and incorporate that knowledge into your art. You learn art by doing and we want you to do it well.

2.Show you the work of many other artists on each DVD. They will range in experience from artists much like you to artists who have reached the top of their field. You will be shown how these artists used each principle or strategy in their art.

Nothing inspires the creative juices like seeing other people’s work and understanding how and why they did what they did.

3.Emphasize the development of your own creativity. Too often artists depend almost completely on photographs for subject matter to paint; they forget their imagination is what sets artists apart from everyone else.

We want you to realize your full potential with art lessons that spur you to go beyond what you see to what you want to see.

At beginningartist.com we don’t push one particular style, medium or technique. We want to expose you to a wide range of ideas and ways of making art.

4.Guarantee you will enjoy these art classes so much and learn so much that we will give you your money back if you disagree.

If in the first 90 days, you decide that Art School on DVD isn’t for you, just send it back and we will return your money. NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

Yes, you read that correctly – 3 whole months to decide if you want to continue. We believe in our products that much!

Whichever way you want to grow as an artist, we want to help you get there.