Gauguin, Dr. Gouzer and two Tahitian women,  courtesy Hyperallergic  The New York Times posed a question: "Is It Time Gauguin Got C...

I used two contrasting lighting sources for this painting from Dinotopia : Journey to Chandara.   There's a low, warm, frontal light ...

The 1913 Armory Show introduced Cubism and other modern ideas to the New York art world. In the wake of the confusion and chaos that ensued,...

This optical illusion from How Equipment Works  demonstrates how breathing seems to be tied in with visual perception.

Rick asked me: "Can [gouache] paint which has completely dried and hardened in its tube be rescued and reconstituted to an original ...

Animal painter  Richard Ansdell (British 1815-1885) collaborated with other artists, who helped him by providing the figures and landsc...

Thom Rozendaal  asks: "Why don't we use flowers to make pigments? I understand it would be hard to separate the biological matte...

Doan Le says: “What do you do when you need to change colors? Do you simply change brushes, or wash off the previous paint with water?” ...

Leonard Squirrell, watercolor over pencil Leonard Russell Squirrell, R.W.S., R.I., R.E. (1893-1979) was a versatile British artist who ...

In his painting Women Playing Chess , Leonard Campbell Taylor limits himself to a restricted gamut of, essentially, white, black, and red, ...