Not sure whether to paint a seascape or a landscape? Try a marsh! Marshes combine the colors and skies of landscape with the light effects of water. They’re a great subject for a painting in [...]

It’s “England’s favorite painting” according to a BBC poll in 2005, it’s reproduced on the British £20 banknote, and it’s one of the greatest paintings of the 19th century period. JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire depicts [...]

Getting an accurate image into a human portrait is hard enough, right? Then there's getting the LIFE into it. To those not privy to the process, a successful finished portrait can seem like a miracle, destined [...]

Painting Cityscapes: Capturing a Busy Urban Scene Without Getting Lost in the Details Just as you wouldn’t explore a new city without a map, don’t start your next cityscape without a plan for where you [...]

What Makes This Painting Great? An occasional series all about analyzing what makes paintings beautiful, iconic, memorable, or effective. Painters, beginners and masters alike, make leaps and bounds by studying creative triumphs of the art. [...]

Johan Christian Dahl, Swinoujscie in the moonlight, 1840 Growing up in poverty, the son of an unambitious fisherman, left him bitter; being kept down and exploited by his first art teacher infuriated him. [...]

“No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create, or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.” [...]

In a post last week we put it out there: What are the freshest, go-to sources for art news and inspiration on the Web (except of course, for Inside Art and Streamline’s sister publications 🙂 ? [...]

This ought to be taped above my easel, my computer, the door to my life.  But it isn’t, because it wouldn’t do any good. I can tell myself this a thousand times, I can tell [...]