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 [...]
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 [...]
BY ROBERT K. CARSTEN California artist Jim Wodark redesigns the landscape to create stunning compositions. The star of the video, “Composition for Painters,” Wodark has dedicated himself to painting for the past 30 years and counting. “I [...]
Disciple of light, master of color, portraitist to presidents and kings, Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923) sits high in the pantheon of painterly realists of any age. In 1884, his first large painting was acquired by the Spanish government. [...]
There’s an odd distinction some people make between being “someone who paints” and being an artist. Beginners, especially, aren’t sure what to call themselves; they’re far more likely to say they’re “learning painting” than to [...]
By Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur From the Fine Art Connoisseur September/October 2023 Editor’s Note: “The Ancients Stole All Our Great Ideas. And I want them back, thank you very much.” Mark Twain wrote [...]
If you spend much time in any museum’s European painting section, you’ll encounter exquisitely rendered images of gods and goddesses, mighty heroes and hapless mortals and fantastical creatures both beautiful and grotesque. One such mythological [...]
Though renowned for his light-drenched figure paintings and portraits, Renoir’s lesser-known landscapes possess a similar poetry, elegance, and innovation. Renoir’s famous boating parties and crowded outdoor café scenes dazzle and charm. Once seen, you never [...]
“I am awaiting / perpetually and forever / a renaissance of wonder” ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti Painting, like poetry, and all the best things in life, is often simple and complicated at the same time. Marc [...]
As the visually oriented, process-obsessed seekers that we artists are, kicking back and taking in a movie related to our favorite subject is, apart from actually being at the easel, up there with as good [...]
