How Painting the Ocean is a Transformative Act
Finding organization in the chaos of a constantly changing, churned, and windswept sea feels like a titanic challenge...
C.W. Mundy on the Authorship of Painting
Artists, art aficionados, and art collectors could greatly benefit from an understanding of the technical aspects of painting—what I call ...
Hold That Pose!
Essentially recreations of famous paintings, sculptures, and historical events that are undertaken by costumed individuals, tableaux vivants (the French term for “living pictures”) began as an amusement among Europe’s upper classes. Similarly sophisticated Americans followed suit.
No Rules, But Don’t Break These Laws
What now? Where do we go from here? If there aren’t any rules in art, how do we know where to start?
Ann Pember on Painting Petals
Far from "effortless," Ann Pember walks us through her thought process and the decisions she makes before she even picks up the brush.