It looks wrestled and wrought into existence, chiseled out of stone from the primal bedrock of life, death, and eternity. The “bearded old man” in the painting by Rembrandt of the same name (above) might [...]

Jay Hambridge, “The Century Run,” lithograph, 1897, 12.5 x 19.5 in. By Christopher Volpe Compare the two images above. Note how the bicycle wheels arrange themselves precisely at and around axis points and [...]

Our previous post on water-painter-extraordinaire Frits Thaulow (which you can read here)inspired a flood of emails from readers appreciating the Norwegian Impressionist’s work. A recent visit to the Saint Louis Art Museum gave me a [...]

Each year, through a partnership with the renowned Art Renewal Center (ARC), we are asked to award a publication prize to one of the many striking and meaningful entries we receive in the annual International [...]

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity,” wrote French mystic, philosopher and activist Simone Weil. For our fast and furious media culture however, it often feels like distraction itself has become our practice. [...]

In Laurel Daniel’s video Oil Painting for Beginners it’s all about getting started right. Because getting started right can make a big difference.  Brushes, brushes everywhere. One area where it’s especially important to get [...]

Ryan S. Brown is an American painter in the naturalist tradition. After graduating BYU, Ryan went on to study classical painting in Florence, Italy, at the Florence Academy of Art, where upon graduation he won the [...]

Level Up #3. STOP  To get better, intermediate painters (which I count as anyone with more than, say, a dozen or so canvases under their belt) must go beyond the beginners’ basics of composition and [...]

English Pre-Raphaelite Albert Joseph Moore, A.R.W.S. (1841-1893) painted “Apples” (above) in 1875. Moore was a painter of the “art for art’s sake” variety; he sought classical beauty first and foremost, avoiding strong statement or deeper meaning. [...]

“Snow reveals color much better than other objects” — Dave Santillanes If we are willing to sit with it for a minute and meet it with something of our own memories and imaginings, the painting [...]