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Ian Roberts
One Simple Compositional Structure to Improve Your Paintings

Over the years I've simplified the idea of armatures and reduced it to one main structure. This video walks you through my #1 ...

13:41
One Simple Compositional Structure to Improve Your Paintings

97,317 views

9 months ago

Ian Roberts
The #1 Composition Rule You Cannot Break

Above all we want viewers to stay with our painting. To be engaged by it. It may seem obvious but I see a lot of paintings where ...

8:23
The #1 Composition Rule You Cannot Break

912,800 views

5 years ago

ArtBookNook
Mastering Composition by Ian Roberts | Art Book Review

Better paintings begin with mastering composition. This effective workshop in a book blends clear, visual instruction with 5 ...

17:32
Mastering Composition by Ian Roberts | Art Book Review

4,122 views

1 year ago

Ian Roberts
Thinking in Shapes to Simplify an Image

Everyone says you got to simplify your paintings, but the whole world just seems to be details. They're everywhere. So what do ...

12:26
Thinking in Shapes to Simplify an Image

79,685 views

1 year ago

Ian Roberts
What makes a great composition? For artists, and for art lovers

Composition, although hidden, plays a foundational role in the success of a painting. Ian Roberts, the author of Mastering ...

6:49
What makes a great composition? For artists, and for art lovers

135,478 views

6 years ago

Aristeidis Sfakianos
Mastering Composition With a 35mm Lens

In this video, I explore how the 35mm focal length transformed my approach to street photography. Unlike tighter lenses that ...

9:27
Mastering Composition With a 35mm Lens

47,604 views

8 months ago

Jamie Windsor
8 IMPORTANT Composition Tips for Better Photos

8 IMPORTANT Composition Tips for Better Photos (Re-upload) So, you're looking to improve your photography and you're ...

11:52
8 IMPORTANT Composition Tips for Better Photos

508,000 views

1 year ago

Aristeidis Sfakianos
Mastering Composition With a 50mm Lens

Here is how the 50mm focal length helped me to improve my street photography composition and how it could help you to do the ...

8:19
Mastering Composition With a 50mm Lens

105,677 views

1 year ago

Ian Roberts
But accurate to what? A photo, life, OR what your painting needs.

When we're talking about accuracy of values, we're not talking about accuracy of values and service of the photograph or we're ...

10:52
But accurate to what? A photo, life, OR what your painting needs.

21,398 views

4 months ago

Ian Roberts
Find the Structure, Express the Essence, Ditch the Details.

The most common comment I get on these YouTube videos is, "I don't really like the photograph that much that you did the ...

11:24
Find the Structure, Express the Essence, Ditch the Details.

25,573 views

3 months ago

Ian Roberts
How to Simplify - Or, what do I do with all those details?

In this video, I share some of my drawings from my 30-Day Drawing Challenge, and I explain how I go about simplifying the ...

12:50
How to Simplify - Or, what do I do with all those details?

651,546 views

3 years ago

Ian Roberts
Mastering Perspective: Two Practical Techniques

For many, perspective remains a black hole. And most books on perspective only reinforce that — too technical and complex for ...

13:11
Mastering Perspective: Two Practical Techniques

135,239 views

4 years ago

Ian Roberts
One Fundamental Tip to Improve Your Painting Today

When we're painting, we're painting light. And the bigger the difference between the light and the dark, between the light and the ...

10:44
One Fundamental Tip to Improve Your Painting Today

32,374 views

6 months ago

Aristeidis Sfakianos
Mastering Composition With an 85mm Lens

When I first picked up an 85mm lens, I thought it was just for portraits—a tool for creamy backgrounds and flattering faces. But over ...

8:10
Mastering Composition With an 85mm Lens

36,786 views

10 months ago

Ian Roberts
Mastering Edges: You Control Your Painting with Your Edges

Edges orchestrate how your eye moves on your painting. Control the edges and you control how the viewer's eye moves. I'll show ...

9:20
Mastering Edges: You Control Your Painting with Your Edges

81,716 views

4 years ago

Artwod
3 Rules for Better Composition in Your Art

If you are passionate about learning to draw from imagination. You should try Artwod! Artwod provides you with a well structured ...

6:06
3 Rules for Better Composition in Your Art

322,928 views

2 years ago

Ian Roberts
Focusing on Brushwork When We Paint

Good brushwork demands attention. Research has shown that 46% of the time we are not actually paying attention to what is ...

10:48
Focusing on Brushwork When We Paint

110,713 views

5 years ago

Ian Roberts
Exploring Interpretive Color to Transform Your Paintings

Do you feel that when you paint, everything seems to sort of fit into this conventional mold, and it's hard to break out of it? Hard to ...

12:40
Exploring Interpretive Color to Transform Your Paintings

116,018 views

2 years ago

Ian Roberts
NEW Video Demonstration Video to Start 2026

This is a new video to start off 2026 and I want to show you how I painted this painting and you'll see it touches on all the ...

17:58
NEW Video Demonstration Video to Start 2026

23,229 views

2 weeks ago

Ian Roberts
Dramatically Increase the Illusion of Depth in Your Landscapes

In this video, I show you how just a couple of touches of color can create dynamism between foreground and background in your ...

10:10
Dramatically Increase the Illusion of Depth in Your Landscapes

77,631 views

2 years ago

Ian Roberts
Paint Shapes, Not Things [2] —  Demonstration Video

This week I am adding a 20 minute video of my blocking in a 20" x 20" canvas shape by shape. See the first video here: ...

21:26
Paint Shapes, Not Things [2] — Demonstration Video

504,713 views

4 years ago

Ian Roberts
5 Fundamental Tips for Drawing the Figure

Figure drawing is a very specialized skill. If you do something wrong with a figure, we know immediately. In this video I show you a ...

12:34
5 Fundamental Tips for Drawing the Figure

28,782 views

5 months ago

Ian Roberts
What to Eliminate: The Pre-Painting Process

Some things are complicated to paint. A busy marketplace in Provence, France being one of them. In this video, I go through my ...

7:44
What to Eliminate: The Pre-Painting Process

48,924 views

5 years ago

Ian Roberts
Getting It Right the First Time, So You Don't Overwork Your Painting

In this video we're going to talk about alla prima painting, which is painting it on the first go - shape by shape - getting it right as ...

13:01
Getting It Right the First Time, So You Don't Overwork Your Painting

21,475 views

2 months ago

Ian Roberts
New Video: How to Stop Overworking Your Paintings

Nothing makes your paintings look fresher and more lively than putting down paint and leaving it. Not going back and fussing with ...

12:18
New Video: How to Stop Overworking Your Paintings

46,066 views

1 year ago