Anand has some questions about how people talk about color temperature. He says he understands how a yellow can be cooler if it leans more...

Alphonse  Mucha 's son  Jiří (1915-1991), who wrote one of the best books on the artist , went before the camera in 1975 to share hi...

Zoungy asks:   "What's the term for painting each area to completion, rather than painting the whole area broadly with pale washes...

Today the National Gallery in Washington opens the exhibition " American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists ." John William Hil...

It's time to visit my friend  Mel Birnkrant , who almost singlehandedly rescued the early image of Mickey Mouse.  Minnie, Horace, ...

Tomb guardians in ancient China from the 7th to 9th century A.D. served to protect the living from wandering spirits of the dead, and to pro...

The European Union has thrown out Sweden's proposal to ban cadmium paint .  "It’s hard to imagine painting without cadmium. The b...

In the summer of 1851, Pre-Raphaelite painters John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt traveled to the Elwell River in England, each i...

Where do our eyes look when we watch a movie? Eye-tracking technology can record in real time how  the observer's eyes land on important...

A new book by urban sketcher and watercolorist Shari Blaukopf explores the practical possibilities of color. Working with Color: Techni...