Ginevra de’ Benci is the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in North or South America. It’s a small portrait (it was once a larger one though), painted when Leonardo was still in his early twenties [...]

Lots of people who wish they could paint say things like, "I can't even draw a straight line." The irony is, in painting you don’t even have to – you just have to be willing [...]

Today, artist Pat Fiorello gives us an insider’s view of her thoughtful creative process. It’s a step-by-step guide to how one contemporary artist goes beyond “merely reporting and describing the details” to render a captivating [...]

By Art Namarilnam There must be as many ways to paint a landscape as artists to paint them. Here is one way (not THE way) that I use to paint a landscape with a limited [...]

Today we view some beautiful examples of “luminism” in American art. What to Know Luminism refers to a tendency in later nineteenth-century landscapes toward images of nature suffused with light suggesting a kind of Divine [...]

This watercolor figure painting demonstration is by Daniela Werneck. Daniela is a realistic watercolor painter, based in Houston, Texas, whose work combines the most traditional watercolor methods with a contemporary look. She was recently on the [...]

Today we look at paintings by oil painter and pastelist Wolf Kahn (1927–2020). What You Should Know Wolf Kahn began creating intensely colorful American landscapes in the 1950s, when abstraction was all anyone wanted to [...]

What You Should Know The legend of the “lover’s leap” is found all over the Americas and the world. It was a particularly popular motif in one form or another during the Victorian period, peaking [...]

By CherieDawn Haas The 4th Annual Watercolor Live came to an end Friday, January 26th, wrapping up with even more of today’s best watercolor artists sharing all of their secrets, explaining their materials, methods, and more. The next [...]