Sunshine on a Brush
Despite living far from the ocean, Spanish realist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida surely had saltwater running through his veins.
Finding Inspiration Close to Home
Daniel Gerhartz demonstrates his painting process step by step.
The Question Every Portrait Asks
How 20th-century artists like Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse redefined portraiture once it stopped being about power and started being about presence.
Painting Up a Storm
Explore Arthur Lismer's iconic painting "A September Gale, Georgian Bay" and the Group of Seven's complicated legacy in Canadian landscape art.
Why Kevin Macpherson Never Stopped Running Away From Home
And why he believes travel, not comfort, is essential to a creative life
How Monet Painted the Wind (In a Single Afternoon)
Discover how Monet captured fleeting summer light and wind in "Woman with a Parasol" — a plein air masterclass in Impressionist technique.
In No Hurry to Impress
Meet the 25-Year-Old Who Paints Like Patience Still Matters
50 Years, One Subject, Never the Same Painting Twice
Inside Walt Gonske's 50-Year Obsession With New Mexico's Churches
Can Anyone Learn to Draw?
A practical case for why "I can't draw" is never true — with the core drawing principles and self-teaching resources you need to start improving today, no matter your age or experience.
The Alchemist of Montmartre: How Degas Reinvented Pastel
Discover how Edgar Degas combined pastel with gouache, monotype, and crushed pigment to push the medium beyond its limits — and what artists can learn from it.