By  Laura Vailati “When I was a teenager, I would look at the works of very successful artists and illustrators and think, this is exactly what I want to do when I grow up,” said [...]

By daring big leaps from one plateau to the next, Dwight Tryon (1849-1925) became a famous early 20th century Tonalist, a poet-in-paint of the raw New England countryside.   Like his fellow Tonalists (most of whom [...]

Blazing foliage and sun-dappled dirt roads lined with red-gold oaks maples – wonderful fall motifs. But the ingenious work of artist Daniel Gerhartz proves you can create paintings that say “autumn” without having to depict [...]

Last week, we leaned in for a whiff of Eduard Manet’s innovative bouquet paintings,<< https://streamlinepublishing.com/inside-art/manets-deathbed-bouquets/  which largely set the pace for the modern floral still life as it’s practiced today. In this issue, artist Pat [...]

Far more than offering us a rustic church nestled in a quiet grove of trees, Casper David Friedrich’s Abbey among the Oak Trees set the stage for 200 years of gothic horror. This artist had [...]

Accelerate your art by studying from the finest artists in the world. Pastel Today is a free publication for the pastel movement, sent on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Read all the articles for free and [...]

By Kelly Kane Ever since our prehistoric ancestors dipped into the earth with sticks and fingers to make images on cave walls, we’ve understood the merits of natural pigments and chalks for drawing. Meet the [...]

Master watercolor realist Ian McEwan has been awarded first place in the PleinAir Salon’s monthly competition for his painting, “Morning Calm.” McEwan is president of the watercolor division of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters. [...]

You’d be surprised how much you can improve your own painting by learning about art that’s “stood the test of time.” However, it’s important to remember that art history has not given all the great [...]

In the winter of 1883 Édouard Manet, then 51 and confined to bed, was dying a painful death. And yet, over the course of his final year of life, the artist had been distilling the [...]