In my last post I mentioned hardboard panels as my clear choice as a painting ground for Open Air Painting. Much cheaper than canvas, more durable when trucked around, easy to prepare in batches.
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It is interesting to speculate whether the art of Caravaggio – so stunning in its inventiveness and iconoclasm – would have matured into something more profound with age,
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Before you head out to paint (or draw) in the world, you need to put together a painting/drawing outfit that works for you.
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The question “Who was the greatest artist ever?” is a kind of idle speculation, an exercise for art lovers.
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there are a number of good reasons to put yourself to the extra trouble of leaving the comfort of your studio.
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Nothing more fully epitomizes the character of Italian Renaissance art than the development of mechanical perspective and its application to painting.
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Eventually the fascination for the natural world had its own kind of importance, outside the hierarchy of proper subject matter.
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by Peter Barnett One of the fundamental shifts which marks the movement out of the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance was the humanization of religion, clearly seen in the […]
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As a first introduction to my Plein Aire painting tips, I thought I would give a quick look at the emergence of painting from nature in Western art.
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