What Makes Rembrandt's The Night Watch His Great Masterpiece
Nerdwriter’s Evan Pushak explores why The Night Watch by Rembrandt is his greatest masterpiece.
River Teaches Painting With Watercolors
My eight year old granddaughter shares her tips on painting with watercolors.
Learn to Draw with Jon Gnagy
Long before Bob Ross' Joy of Painting, there was Jon Gnagy's television show Learn to Draw.
How I Bought an $85 Dollar John Singer Sargent Fine Art Book for Less Than $3 Dollars
I recently found a fantastic book about John Singer Sargent that originally listed for $85. I paid less than $3 dollars for it. I explain how.
Beautiful Documentary of Plein Air Painting - Outside the Lines
Outside the Lines, produced by Plein Air magazine, tells the story of painting outdoors.
Gamblin Artists Colors Approach to Colormaking
This beautifully filmed promo video briefly tells the story of founder Robert Gamblin and Gamblin Artists Colors.
Olmsted Plein Air Invitational
This past Saturday my wife and I attended the Olmstead Plein Air Invitational. Several plein air artists setup their pochade boxes amidst the beautiful and historic Olmsted Linear Park near Atlanta.
What If No One Sees My Art?
What if no one sees your art? This video essay by Adam Westbrook - Painting in the Dark: The Struggle for Art in A World Obsessed with Popularity – is a thoughtful look at the Vincent van Gogh's obscurity when he was alive and what it means for struggling creatives today.
The Rules of Abstraction With Matthew Collings
This BBC-produced documentary The Rules of Abstraction covers the rise of abstract art over the last century. Matthew Collings dives into the questions of how we respond to abstract art when we see it.
The Olson House, Cushing, Maine - Site of Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World
Being Olson's, when my wife and I saw a sign in Cushing, Maine, pointing to The Olson House, we just had to see it.