Acrylic painting tutorials for home

Paint something you're proud of — one calm step at a time.

Guided Brush Studio walks you through every layer: exactly what to mix, which brush to grab, and where on the canvas to paint. No art degree, no guesswork — just you, your brush, and a friendly guide right beside you.

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✓Beginner-friendly ✓Works on phone, tablet, or laptop ✓Printable guide included
A vivid magenta and pink sunset over calm water, with a thin orange glow at the horizon and pink reflections on the dark water
How it works

From blank canvas to "I made that!"

Every guide is built so you always know your next move — and feel good making it.

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Pick a painting you love

Choose a guided tutorial — or, soon, upload your own photo and we'll build a plan around it.

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Follow along, step by step

Color recipes, brush tips, and a live preview that grows with your canvas. Tick off each action as you paint.

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Paint with confidence

Friendly fixes for common hiccups, room for your own creative choices, and a little celebration after every step.

Exact color recipesTube amounts and mixes with swatches you can match on your palette.
A preview that growsSee roughly where your canvas is headed, with the area to paint highlighted.
Easel viewBig, glanceable instructions you can read from across the room.
"Something not right?" helpEvery step includes common hiccups and simple ways to fix them.
Creative freedomIdeas to make each painting yours — it never has to match the photo.
Smart paint adviceWhere it's worth using your best paint, and where student grade is just fine.
Featured tutorial

Start with a sunset that glows.

Our first guide is a showstopper that's gentler than it looks — a great first painting or a confidence-booster.

Reference photo for the Afterglow Sunset tutorial● Free preview
Acrylic · Beginner-friendly

Afterglow Sunset over Water

Paint sweeping magenta clouds, a slim ribbon of orange light, and shimmering pink reflections on deep, moody water.

🖼️ 20 × 16″ canvas 🪜 9 steps ⏱️ About 1½–2 hrs + drying
8 acrylic colors · 7 brushes
  • Blend a smooth, moody gradient sky
  • Dry-brush wispy cloud highlights with a fan brush
  • Paint water reflections with broken-color dashes
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Paint from your own photo.

That beach sunset from your last trip. Your garden in full bloom. The view from your porch. Soon you'll turn any photo you love into a step-by-step painting guide made just for you.

This will be a paid unlock when it launches. There's nothing to buy today.

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Upload your photoLandscapes, flowers, favorite places.
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Choose your comfort levelBeginner-friendly or a bit more challenging.
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Get your personal guideMixes, brushes, steps, and a live preview.
About the studio

Made for people who've always wanted to paint.

Most painting videos move fast and assume you already know the basics. Guided Brush Studio slows things down. Each guide breaks a painting into calm, clear steps, so you can paint at your own pace, pause whenever life calls, and pick up right where you left off.

We believe everyone deserves the joy of stepping back from a canvas and thinking, "I made that."

Clear, never rushedEvery step tells you what to mix, which brush to use, and where to paint.
Encouraging, alwaysMistakes are just layers you haven't painted over yet. Acrylic is forgiving, and so are we.
Yours to make your ownEach step includes ideas for making creative choices of your own.

Your first glowing sky is about two hours away.

Grab a canvas, squeeze out some color, and let's paint together.

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