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Anyone can learn how to draw and paint if they're shown the basics and given encouragement! Bob Davies

Enthusiasm, guidance & practice equals ability - not "being born with it".

Think that's exaggerating? Consider this...

How many adults - mature, even very mature adults - have learned to use computers with some degree of skill in the past few years?

Do you think they were 'born with it' five, six or seven decades ago - before computers were even invented? Of course not!

Click play for a short message from Bob.


Learn To Draw & Paint By Video!

There's no better way to learn a new drawing or painting technique than through the medium of video. And it seems people have gone video crazy on the Web. So with that in mind...

Art instruction videos

I add my own instructional videos to how-to-draw-and-paint.com on a regular basis now. They're be placed on this special video tutorials page.




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Here, you'll find pages packed full of free hints and tips designed specifically to help someone like you start or improve your drawing and painting skills...

Using simple techniques that really work, you'll discover how to draw anything you want, quickly and confidently. Faces, landscapes, flowers, boats - anything. And if you want to add color, there's an oil painting techniques section, a watercolor techniques section, acrylic painting section, pastels section and so on.

There's a special section on the immensely popular subject of how to draw animals. You'll find dozens of tutorials on a huge variety of animals from horses to cats to dogs and tigers - the list is endless - and it's growing all the time.








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What Visitors Say

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Happened to find your friendly manner of presentation. That is a gift Bob. Through that gift, you can't help but touch people. Stay well.
Ron S.

Hi Robert, just want to say thank you so much for your emails, so much information and learning in them, and the videos are wonderful. Love your art and the art displayed on the links. Once again thanks, you have no idea of the enjoyment they bring.
Judy L.

I just wanted to say that I stumbled upon your acrylics tutorial on YouTube quite by accident and have fallen in love with it. I've been showing it to several friends who always ask me about art -- I'm an artist by profession -- and they all love it too. Thanks so very much. :) It is most appreciated.
Hushicho

Thanks for your wonderful tips :) They are very very helpful... I hope the best for you. Love a novice acrylic painter!
Hemani

I teach painting 1 day a week and regularly show my students one of your videos or pass on a tip from your tutorials.
Robin G.

I just recieved my first edition of Starting Art. My only response is... TERRIFIC! I never got got this much information while attending art school. I am very impressed. I will be sure to send your web site address a long to several of my artist friends. I can not say enough about your site, except... Beautiful! Great! Terrific!, Very well done. Thank you.
Howard K.

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