Artists Magazine

The idea that an individual can have a personal attachment to a building was never more clear than it was last spring when fire struck Notre Dame Cathedral. Millions of people who’d visited the historic monument as tourists and been affected by its g

If you’ve been a longtime reader of Artists Magazine or Watercolor Artist, you likely know the name Sandra (Sandy) Carpenter. Sandy was part of the Fine Arts editorial team at F+W Media—the founding publisher of these fine arts titles—for 16 years, f

The ancient Greeks often created stories and myths to explain the world around them. For instance, they explained the cycle of the seasons with a myth centered around the pomegranate. These classical myths have long stirred the imaginations of artist

1 On a gesso board, I drew the composition with vine charcoal. The pomegranates have pronounced ridges, so drawing them helps to render the planes between the ridges. 2 I coated the surface of the pomegranates using a palette knife loaded with a th

The recent NASA lunar-landing anniversary got me looking more closely at the moon, marveling at the ingenuity, courage and drama of that historic event. For millennia the moon has been a source of wonder as well as an evocative and romantic subject,

1 Laguë works on large paintings with the canvas tacked to his studio wall. A computer monitor shows his photo reference with an imposed grid. Using pencil, he lightly marks a grid in the same scale on his canvas. Laguë then begins a loosely brushed,

Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World (Ten Speed Press) is the perfect book for young, aspiring female artists—and for anyone else who enjoys an engaging and delightfully illustrated read. Writer and illustrator Rachel Ignotofsk