BRING BACK SALON-STYLE ART GALLERIES!
Most Americans are used to visiting museums and galleries where there is one work of art hung in each horizontal slot, with a descriptive plaque listing the artist, date and
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History
Extreme Plein Air
In 1924, Nicholas Roerich set out on a five-year expedition loaded with all his painting supplies, travelling to Tibet, Sikkim, Kashmir, parts of China, Mongolia, and the Gobi desert. Roerich
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TRANSLUCENT PAINTING – AUREOLA
Around 1122 A.D., an author known as Theophilus wrote a manuscript called On Divers Arts, where he described the technique of Translucent Painting, sometimes called “Aureola”. In this technique, a
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THE DESTRUCTION OF GANDHARAN ART
The art from at least nineteen archaeological sites including four Buddhist monasteries, several Buddhist reliquary towers known as stupas, and a Zoroastrian fire temple will soon be destroyed by open
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REALIST ART OR ABSTRACT SPIRITUALITY?
There is a long established connection between abstract art and spirituality, highlighted by Vassily Kandinsky’s well-known book, Concerning the Spiritual in Art. This connection seems to be derived, at least
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SPIKE LAVENDER OIL AND THE ANCIENTS
Oil of Spike Lavender has been known and used since ancient times, along with several other species of lavender. The doctors of the Ancient Alexandrian school used various lavenders in
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COLOR FROM A WORLD WITHOUT SUN
Almost as valuable and expensive as gold, vermilion was the unique red pigment demanded by the rich and powerful throughout much of history. Also called cinnabar until the17th century, vermilion
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EXUDRA & THE COLOR-TECHNIQUE FOR EYES
In the 12th century, there was a commonly used color called exudra, which was a mixture of black and red pigments used to draw bold lines around the pupils of
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SARGENT PAINTED THIS WITH TURPS – NO WAY!
There are accounts of John Singer Sargent being free in his use of turpentine, but there is no way his paintings were done with a liberal use of turpentine (as
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WATER WASHING ARTIST OILS
It is easy to take for granted the oils we use in painting. Most of us probably assume that linseed, safflower and walnut oils are simply what you get when
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