Before you begin painting, or even consider painting, ask yourself why you want to paint landscapes or any other subject. Is it because it lets you replicate the appearance and feel of what your eyes ...

Whether it's a tree in the foreground or a ship off in the distance, artists put a lot of thought into the placement of each element on the canvas. Now, researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of ...

"There's humor in my art, but I hope people see themselves and their own habits reflected into these objects," Mariah Reading tells PEOPLE in this week's issue Mariah Reading has a confession: yes, ...

One needs years of immersion in Chinese culture, language, history and philosophy to be able to fully appreciate the timeless beauty and symbolic richness of Chinese ink paintings. Despite this, ...

El Greco’s famous landscape ‘View of Toledo’ celebrates his adopted city and the sky above it El Greco’s real name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos. He was born in Crete (“el Greco” is Spanish for “the ...

Studying the colors of sunsets in paintings helps scientists determine the level of aerosols that were in the atmosphere hundreds of years ago. A masterfully painted sunset can be more than just great ...

WORCESTER - A new show at Worcester Art Museum of Hudson River School painters features its most famous artists, like Louisa Davis Minot and Mary Josephine Walters. You’ve never heard of them? Don’t ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Local students on spring break got to experience a unique and interactive Vincent Van Gogh art exhibit at the Springfield Museums. This exhibit was a one-of-a-kind ...