Fabric Stamping: Flower

Fabric stamping is a quick and easy way to get fabulous results when fabric painting.

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Having Enough of a Color

Color mixing tips -- How to ensure you've enough of a mixed color when working with acrylics

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Oil Painting: Solvents

A look at the properties of the various solvents and resins used in oil painting.

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Symbols Dictionary: Death

Art Symbols dictionary - death and mourning. Add hidden meaning to your paintings by using specific symbols.

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Video: Pouring Acrylic Paint

Watch how artist Helen Janow Miqueo paints by pouring acrylics onto a canvas rather than using a brush.

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Self Portrait: Pink Beret

Enjoy the paintings submitted to the gallery for this painting project which challenges you to to create a self-portrait in an expressive style.

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How To Talk About Your Art Without Sounding Like an Idiot

If someone doesn't 'get' a painting, that doesn't mean it was badly done. Short of forcing them to read an essay about it, you can't dictate what someone else will...

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Cubism Quiz

Test your knowledge of Cubism this quiz

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Saw Blade Painting

How to prepare a saw blade for painting.

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Portrait Project: Elijah

Browse through the gallery of submitted paintings for this expressive portrait painting project.

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Quiz on the Impressionist Claude Monet

Test your knowledge of Claude Monet's life with this quiz

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Add Your Project Painting

Add your own painting to the gallery for this painting project

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Painting Self Portraits

Painting self portraits -- Why any artist interested in portraiture should to paint self portraits.

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How to Paint a Sunset

Tips on how to paint a sunset working quickly and decisively.

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New Limited Color Project Paintings

Do you think the figure in the painting to the right ought to have a shadow behind it, falling on the wall? The painter, Jay, says it "was inspired by...

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Travels Through Paintbox

A review of the book "Color: Travels Through the Paintbox" which is an entertaining read about the writer's quest to track down the sources of the pigments used in paints.

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Art Glossary: Miniature

An explanation of what a 'miniature' is in a fine-arts context.

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Face Painting Tiger

Get ideas and inspiration for face painting in this photo gallery of face painting designs, such as this head-and-shoulders tiger design.

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Reference Photo Blue Rose

A collection of flower photos for artists to use as reference in paintings, including this one of a blue rose.

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Painting Projects for February 2008

There are two painting projects for February:1. Valentine's (Closing date for submissions for the project gallery 14 February), and2. Expressive Self-Portraits (Closing date 28 February)The Valentine's Painting Project is...

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Even More Limited Color Paintings

Looking at the gloriously colorful gallery for the January Painting Project, I don't think there can be any doubt that limiting your palette to just four colors (specifically lemon yellow,...

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5 Facts About Being an Artist

What is a realistic expectation in terms of being an artist, what is fantasy, and what is procrastination? In her article "5 Facts Artists Have To Face To Succeed In...

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