How do you define contemporary realism?
What artists want to paint and what collectors wish to buy do not always look the same.
Limitation may be one of the strongest tools available for artists. By restricting your tools, you may find that your ideas are free to grow.
Exclusive Q&A: Arianna Tamaddon, whose photorealistic paintings are currently on view, shares what inspires her to "dive into this space and unmask the artifice of these coveted female forms."
William Schneider, who is on the faculty of Pastel Live (August 2021), shares four "quick fix tools" to improve the values of your next painting.
Kristy Gordon takes us up close and personal in the process and purpose of her narrative painting, "Planetary."
Focusing on the "mundane, suburban scenes of domestic life" allows Zoey Frank to simultaneously play with another, more "formal" aspect of her paintings...
How do you create a complex painting composition? Stein explains in this article: “It takes risk to turn a good painting into a great painting.”
"My real art education was formed and continues to this day through careful observation and learning how to see." From "preposterous" art methods in the 1980s to glorious days of studying with masters, Garin Baker shares his inspiring path as an artist.
With 70 million acres of forested land disappearing each year, Carin Wagner is dedicating her life to painting the most endangered trees.