Art tutorials and painting insights explore techniques used in oil painting and color theory. From building paintings in layers to understanding value light and complementary colors these lessons help ...

Art tutorials and painting insights explore techniques used in oil painting and color theory. From building paintings in layers to understanding value light and complementary colors these lessons help ...

Alla prima, an Italian term meaning “first attempt,” is an oil painting technique where layers of paint are applied while still wet, usually quickly over the course of just a few hours rather than ...

Most people are familiar with terms such as oil painting, acrylic or watercolour. Many people are also highly knowledgeable about artistic movements within painting, such as Impressionism, Cubism or ...

Emma Stern in front of her work. Photo by Josef Forselius. Courtesy of Carl Kostyál. Stern’s avatar oil paintings have caught the eyes of the art world’s largest power-players. Her subversive take on ...

In his 1550 volume Lives of the Artists, painter and architect Giorgio Vasari snuck in praise for the Flemish artist Jan van Eyck in his chapter on the Italian painter Antonello da Messina. Vasari ...