Monday - Recently I got to thinking about the permanence of art. We create art all the time, but do we really stop and think that our paintings (or sculptures, or what have you) may still be looked at centuries from now when we’re gone? I’ll publish more of my thoughts on this “immortality” of art tomorrow.
Tuesday - Last week’s featured artist was from my home state of Oregon, but this week I’m going a bit farther afield. On Tuesday I’ll show some excellent landscapes and seascapes by an artist from England, many of which tend towards abstraction. You won’t want to miss it!
Wednesday - I must be on an Impressionist kick, because I’m following up last week’s article on Mary Cassatt with an article on Claude Monet. Come back on Wednesday to see some of his paintings and read about his life.
Thursday - There are some great resources for artists online that you may not know of—this Thursday I’ll share two or three websites that I go to quite often when looking for information on artists and art movements.
Friday - On Friday I’ll talk about impasto: what it is, why (and when) you might want to use it as a technique, and it’s importance in painting history.
Saturday - Another cartoon is on it’s way. (Have I mentioned I usually do them the night before?) If you have an idea for an art cartoon, let me know and I’ll give it my best shot.
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American painter Mary Cassatt was born in 1844 in Pennsylvania; she went on to become one of the most prominent female painters in the Impressionist art movement. It was a time when there weren’t even that many woman painters at all (painting wasn't necessarily "ladylike"), and Mary Cassatt st. . .
read moreClaude Monet was born in 1840 in Paris. He was especially influential in the Impressionist art movement, and is probably best known for his famous paintings of water lilies and Impressionist Parisian scenes. Monet first started drawing as a child, doing portraiture and caricatures for spending. . .
read moreThe term Impressionism (or Impressionist) is a rather popular word in art circles—sometimes it seems that once a painting is labeled as having an Impressionist style, it has an extra air of appeal about it that it didn’t before. But even though the word itself may have become a catch-phrase, i. . .
read moreThis post is part of EmptyEasel's "spread the holiday cheer" experiment, where we've simply invited everyone to share their three favorite artists or art websites. Here what Karen Cooper wrote: "My three most-visited sites are. . . 1. Fine Art Views Blogs at www.FineArtViews.com. . .
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