Artists Magazine

According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in the early years of the Civil War, the American landscape painter George Inness (1825–1894) was producing work that—“with its scrupulous draftsmanship and respect for topographical truth”—diverged from t

the memory of millennial pink has nearly faded from our collective consciousness, and the favored hue has taken on a more complex, rich tone of slight browns and mauves: rose pink is the new favorite. Although it’s a popular pick scrolling through th

there’s not a lot that we know about the life of Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628–1682). His father and uncle were artists, so it’s assumed that he was trained at home. Documentary evidence is so sparse that a scratched-out entry from a 1676 list of A

a 120-acre garden that boasts more than 15,000 species of beautiful botanicals alongside exquisite sculpture and architecture is a welcome sight for any artist. When the grounds of that garden are also home to a world-class library and an extensive c

Not too long ago, an airline lost my luggage. I was traveling to teach an outdoor pastel painting workshop. This could have been a disaster, but fortunately, I’d packed my expensive pastels and pastel paper in my carry-on bag. I was able to borrow an

The humble sketchbook is the most important tool a creative person can have—and there are endless ways to fill its blank pages. I’m not talking about the big fat newsprint pads filled with 10-second life-drawing exercises scrawled in charcoal. Or the

The spare, vast, rugged terrain of northern Utah provides the settings for Joseph Alleman’s evocative paintings of the vestiges of an almost bygone way of life. In his pictures wooden barns stand forlornly against backdrops of distant mountain ranges

Before ceramic artist Charlet Davenport and her husband Peter Davenport decided to turn their 27-acre property in Woodstock, Vt., into a haven for large-scale sculpture and site-work, they visited every art park from Stowe, Vt., down to Miami, Fla. S

British landscape artist Tracy Levine remembers when, at the age of 5, she made a pretend gallery with sheets and chairs in her father’s lounge. Aided and abetted by her younger brother, she pinned their drawings up, pricing them between one and two

We’re looking at a tree. It’s handsome—round and symmetrical. It stands alone on a field underneath a cloudy sky, with some mist and frost not too far in the distance. We can’t quite determine the tree’s height—there are no people or other easy marke

Who among us doesn’t remember a magical moment when a book set off a flight of imagination? Similarly, art gives us imaginative renditions of myths and histories. And so, images and tales weave together, gifting us with ideas and visions. In this vei

after working on a project for a while, an artist may lose sight of it. Another set of eyes offers a new perspective. In art classes of any kind, regular critiques are standard practice. Once an artist begins working independently, however, opportuni

ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO CHICAGO, ILL. • ARTIC.EDU THROUGH SEPT 8, 2019 “Manet and Modern Beauty” focuses on Édouard Manet’s later years and his portrayal of his most intimate acquaintances, including a multitude of women across the social spectrum