Being an artist means a lifetime endeavor of constant striving and learning: "That is my drive, my obsession, and my torment."
Just hours before catching one of the last flights out before the lockdown, the artist put his brush down on the painting illustrated here.
The artists represented here are sustaining mankind’s timeless love of a unique creature that will — literally — never go out of style.
Is cadmium paint toxic? Cadmium-based colors have been around for many years but tend to be among the most often in question. Artist and instructor Dan Schultz has researched this; here, he shares what he found regarding the toxicity of cadmium in artist paints. Bonus: Learn how to dispose of your dirty brush-cleaning water or solvent with this quick tip.
Consider these equations as a starting point to help answer what you want and need to understand as an artist.
We're back for our third annual Realism Live online art conference, hosted by Eric Rhoads and Peter Trippi, and featuring many of today's greatest artists in the field of contemporary realism.
Daniel Gerhartz shares figurative art that illustrates how to assess your subject in order to most accurately relay the correct values and edges.
If, for Lisa Egeli, portraiture is "an art form that gets right to people's hearts," equally fundamental is the consideration of naturalistic landscape art. (Learn from Egeli at Realism Live, November 10-12, with a Beginner's Day on November 9.)
Alex Dzigurski II shares four of his recent landscape paintings and the inspiration behind them.
ICYMI! If you're looking for gift ideas for artists (including yourself), start here with the annual holiday gift guide from PleinAir Magazine.