There are many free online art lessons and art courses. There are also of course online art schools that charge a fee. For the free art lessons, put in your favorite search engine "free online art lessons." You can put more specifically "free online oil painting lessons."

We recommend:

http://www.interactiveartschool.com/free-art-less ons.html
http://wwwcreativespotlite.com/oil-painting-lesson s.htm
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/online-courses/art-c ourses.htm
http://www.wannalearn.com/Fine_Arts/Visual_Art/Pai nting/Oil_Painting

These are just a few of the free online courses in oil painting. There are also free online courses in watercolor, pastels, etc.

Of course you can also take courses in oil painting from local artists. If you have art galleries in your community, they might provide lessons and/or provide you with recommendations. You can also check for local art schools and art teachers in the yellow pages.

You should also have a library of books on oil painting. These can be purchased from Amazon.com or The Book Store, http://thebookstore.vstoremarket.com/index.htm:

The Beginner's Guide to Oil Painting
Oil Painting Techniques & Materials
Everything You Wanted to Know About Oil Painting
Painting With Oils

If you want to earn money writing reviews of any of these books, go to:
http://www.shvoong.com/flyer.aspx?c=4A64

You can also buy quality & discount art supplies online:

http://www.StudentMarket.com
http://carp.secure-host.com/cgi-rexart/al/affiliat es.cgi?281
(Rexart.com has about 10,000 art supplies. They also have an affiliate program that you can join.)

For other discount art suppliers put "discount art supplies" in your favorite search engine.
There are also many free online gallery websites:

FinerWorks.com
Arttrack.com

These allow you to create your own art gallery online and sell your own art online. Also, there is:

http://www.Yessy.com/sample/gallery.html?i=15836& amp;r=648870942

This is an art gallery affiliate program.

You can also purchase a book on the subject from Lulu Press:

Start Your Own Online Art Gallery
http://www.lulu.com/content/187540

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