أكتوبر 2020

American illustrator Harold von Schmidt (1893-1982) said: "I have found that most good illustrations deal with epic subjects—life, dea...

The painting knife in #5 refers to oil painters. In #6, I'm talking about the opposite pointed end of the brush. The purpose of these ti...

The glare of the afternoon sun burns a vertical path through the parking lot, connecting the infinite with the ordinary. Shopping carts roll...

I painted this casein study while Jeanette was in the market, so I had about 45 minutes. I took a gamble on the car staying parked, and lost...

Thanks to everyone who entered the " Sunny Still Life Challenge " on our Facebook group " Color in Practice. " Entries w...

Anton von Werner (German, 1843-1915) painted this battle scene. A group of reënactors tried to match the painting pose for pose as closely ...

Yesterday the line for early voting went on for two blocks. The line moved very slowly because poll workers had to disinfect the stations be...

Political satire has a vibrant tradition in Britain, and one of the most dynamic recent programs was a puppet show in the 1990s called Spitt...

  View this post on Instagram A post shared by James Gurney (@jamesgurneyart) on Oct 23, 2020 at 5:14am PDT Richeson cas...

Tree Studies from Rome by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1846 Thanks to everyone who entered the Sunny Still Life Challenge . I'm going th...

Rose O'Neill (1874-1944) was an illustrator, cartoonist, and writer who created hundreds of drawings of cute babies and young animals, a...

Here's my taboret setup for oil painting. 1. The tube colors are squeezed out on the floating bar at left, but I don't use them stra...

The Two Painters by José Jiménez Aranda , 1886 

The giant ovoid heads have toothy grins, but they have no eyes.  However, I wasn't primarily interested in the forms of the monsters whe...

In October, 2019, giant 'Wild-Thing' puppets participated in the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade.   ( Link to YouTube video ) T...

This year's edition of Spectrum presents a juried selection of contemporary fantasy art, including dragons, warriors, monsters, trolls,...

Frederick L. Griggs was known for his etchings of architecture, but he was a notable pencil sketcher too. Hitchin Church from the South-East...

It's surprising how many deft hand skills it takes to produce a paintbrush. ( Link to video ) ( Link to video ) This video shows some of...

  Will Denison flies on his Quetzalcoatlus high above the city of Sauropolis.  Signed copies of the art print "Skybax Rider" are ...

Many young people have faced opposition from their parents when they've decided to be artists or musicians, but not many had it as bad a...

In 1859, Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) organized a painting expedition in the high country of the Rocky Mountains. He sought out the help of...