How to paint…it can be a difficult process but it’s a process by which people express their emotions, feelings etc. The range of emotions can start from pure happiness to unnerving anger. But everyone has had an introduction to painting. You could have been introduced to it in elementary school by your favorite teacher, middle [...]

Baby Picasso was almost stillborn. When Picasso was born, the midwife thought that he was stillborn and left him on the pediatrician table! However, the "miracle" occurred when midwife went to Picasso’s mother to inform her of this sad news. Another amazing fact-Pablo’s uncle was an attending physician and delivered the baby. Actually, Dr Don [...]

Design is simply the meaningful arrangement of elements to achieve an aesthetic goal or outcome. Considering there is no real definition of GOOD design, it can be hard to determine what art is good and what art is not so good. Therefore, understanding the basic accepted set of seven key principles attributed to good design [...]

Designing, decorating and planning brings a lot of involvement. It is as if a person has been given a canvas with unlimited colors to run her or his figments of imagination. Decorating a single wall is equally exciting but it is not worth forgetting that it is sometimes challenging and almost every time perplexing. People [...]

Last year, I had written an interesting "tongue and cheek piece" which I had titled; Dear Human Creative Artist – You Are No Longer Needed – The AI Software Program Said. Kind of funny really, but I had reasoned that soon robotic painting machines with sophisticated algorithms would be creating our art, yes, the art [...]

Edgar Byran Davis – Philantropist From "Texans Always Move Them: A True History of Texas" When Texas wildcatter, Edgar Byram Davis struck oil near Luling, Texas, everyone benefited. After making profits on his discovery, he used his funds to improve Texas. Davis celebrated by hosting a huge free barbecue. He invited friends, employees and associates [...]

In the hands of a competent artist, the camera can be an important advantage. A real artist will use the camera to try dozens of compositions until all the possible arrangements for making a good painting or drawing are worked out. However, the important words here are competent artists. If a person can’t draw or [...]

Georgia O’Keeffe was born on November 15,1887 near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin and became known in the art community of New York at the age of 29. This was several decades before women were allowed to train in the art field in America’s universities and colleges. No other women were well known or celebrated before she [...]

Born in Norway in 1862, Edvard Munch chose to spend his life in his home country until his death in 1944 although he spent two decades working in Germany and France where he traveled, worked, studied and exhibited his works. Mr. Munch actively painted from the 1880s until just before he passed away although the [...]

Although Franz Marc only lived for 36 short years, he had a major impact on the German Expressionist movement. Born in Munich in 1880, Franz’ father was a professional painter known for his landscapes. At the age of 20, Mr. Marc began studying under Wilhelm von Diez and Gabriel von Hackl at the Academy of [...]