Art Quiz: The Answer is Gustave Courbet

Let’s cut to the chase with the answer to today’s quiz question: Gustave Courbet is known as the main proponent … More

Aware, Awake, and Enthusiastic

As part of my morning routine, I like to read one of the daily affirmations shared in Science of Mind … More

Seeing as to how we were asked to choose an acronym, and seeing as to how there was only one … More

Today’s post is definitely a “just for fun” look at the world of art. Remember my recent post on toast? … More

Wayne Thiebaud once described his paintings as “brush dances”. What a clever way to think about art and the process … More

Oh, yes. American Gothic. Certainly one of the most recognized paintings in art history, and speaking of history, here’s a … More

Here’s a fun question! I’m sure you’ll know the answer. “American Gothic”, used as parodies in popular culture, was painted … More

Quite simply, genre painting refers to scenes of everyday people doing everyday things. These paintings — which have long been a … More

It will come as no surprise, I’m sure, that I didn’t exactly follow the directions for today’s drawing lesson. More … More

Yep. Fauvism. You knew this one, didn’t you! I knew it because I’d read about fauvism and had even written a … More

Today’s drawing exercise was all about cross-hatching, although to look at the first drawing I did — which is really only … More

Scribbling is fun, I’ll say that. I’m learning, too, that scribbling is an important part of art, far more important, in … More

Chiaroscuro: In art, chiaroscuro is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole … More

Just a quick post today to share an excellent art program. “In the Footsteps of Vincent van Gogh” is currently … More

We’ve discussed the Dada art movement before and how it led to the development of Surrealism. The two movements are … More

Maybe you can look at today’s drawing exercise and guess which famous artist inspired this… or maybe not. You … More

I’m guessing that everyone answered this question correctly. We all know — and some of us love — the art … More

CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY — Read “Redefining Art – Part 1” here.Truly I have been hesitant in sharing these thoughts about … More

When I set out earlier this year with the idea of EXPLORATION to guide me — this was the word … More

Over the last two days, I’ve shown two “quick landscape studies”, both inspired by Camille Pissarro. While the first was … More