Of Interest…

Senior Conservator Kate Garland recently completed a project cleaning a 10th-century Persian earthenware Platter with Kufic Inscription. Garland noted that the platter appeared to have many fills as well as several areas where overpainting was done by a 20th-century restorer... […]

A painting brush isn't animate. It isn't going to teach me how to paint or go about painting art when no one is looking. It needs the hand of the artist to do its job. Penitent Mary Magdalene by Titian, 1560s, oil on canvas. But one thing a brush—by its very nature—is made for is emphasizing paint texture. Just think back on how early Renaissance a […]

Old Cedar by Bill Guffey, oil, 18 x 24. Peasant by Joan Langdon, watercolor painting, 10.5 x 11.5. Tomiko by Adriana Guidi, oil on canvas panel, 14 x 18. That's Brian Neher's mantra for his upcoming free art contest, and it is one that I can certainly identify with. These are truly the three essentials I've found that really do lend themselves […]

From Tonia Davenport on CreateMixedMedia.com. Are you familiar with this book? Since it came out recently, I have personally been very inspired by this book by Swirly girl, Christine Mason Miller, and my sincere hope is that in the weeks to come, Desire to … Full Article […]

Hillside of Poppies 2008, oil, 24 x 30. I have a few suggestions to offer for this painting. The artist may want to consider showing some cast shadows across the path. These shadows would have the same direction as the shadows of the trees, bushes, and...(read more) […]