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The Muscarelle Museum of Art, in Williamsburg, Virginia, will be the initial site for the national tour of the major exhibition of Old Master paintings.

Detail disappears at night, so choose your detail with economy.

Francis Di Fronzo stopped working with paint brushes to create his own technique of “tapping the landscape into existence.”

John A. Parks examined the art of Giorgio Morandi in the December issue of American Artist. In one section, he asserted, "[His] paintings are a testimony to the act of something deeply contemplated. It is a kind of painting that...

Varying degrees of softness in the edges can give more depth.

The natural cycle of water and its place in the landscape is the focus of this exhibition at the Irvine Museum, in Irvine, California.

Whether creating fine art or illustration, for Connecticut artist Bernie Fuchs—who boasts a long and successful career as an illustrator—it’s all the same. Either way, “I’m making a picture,” he explains.

The big granite surfaces in the foreground could be much more solid and read like granite if you tried doing them in layers.

When working from photographs, do not strive to capture every detail the image provides.