Art, the Amazon Effect, and Fast Clothing

6 years ago

It used to be called the Wal-Mart effect, where large-scale merchandising techniques and international manufacturing made consumer goods so much…

Artist Charcoal and the “Withies”

6 years ago

Not all art materials come from large manufacturers.  The Coate family in Somerset, England makes willow baskets and artist willow…

THE CRAZY IDEA OF NON-TOXIC PIGMENTS

6 years ago

Recently, some folks have been marketing raw pigments for making "non-toxic" paints at home. This is the oldest mistake in…

BRING BACK SALON-STYLE ART GALLERIES!

6 years ago

Most Americans are used to visiting museums and galleries where there is one work of art hung in each horizontal…

The Bio-based Revolution and Art Materials

6 years ago

According to the University of Minnesota a bio-based revolution is underway, and it is fundamentally changing how the world produces…

Extreme Plein Air

6 years ago

In 1924, Nicholas Roerich set out on a five-year expedition loaded with all his painting supplies, travelling to Tibet, Sikkim,…

REVOLUTION IN ART MATERIALS

6 years ago

Globally, many people are working to replace petrochemicals with biobased alternatives.  The art materials introduced in the coming years will…

TRANSLUCENT PAINTING – AUREOLA

6 years ago

Around 1122 A.D.,  an author known as Theophilus wrote a manuscript called On Divers Arts, where he described the technique…

THE DESTRUCTION OF GANDHARAN ART

6 years ago

The art from at least nineteen archaeological sites including four Buddhist monasteries, several Buddhist reliquary towers known as stupas, and…

WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD

6 years ago

There is an old song from the 1940s titled When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again, sung by Merle…