Does Op Art Need Shading?
So far this month we’ve explored the work of Op Art painter Bridget Riley. She spent decades exploring perception and...
April 30, 2022
Bridget Riley: It’s Not Art Without the Viewer
Bridget Riley is our artist this month. She made major contributions to the Op Art movement in the 1960s. It’s...
April 20, 2022
Op Art April
Have you been wondering when we’ll talk about an artist that’s still alive? Then April is your month! We’ll be...
April 3, 2022
Does Your Model’s Gender Matter?
This month we explored the hows and the whys of Michelangelo’s masculine women. We know that he used male models...
March 29, 2022
Androgyny for the Gods
Instead of doing a biography, we’re talking androgyny today. Documentation on Michelangelo Buonarroti’s life and work is plentiful (seriously good...
March 19, 2022
March Artist of the Month – Changed!
Originally I was going to write about Francisco Goya for the March Artist of the Month, but there was one...
March 1, 2022
My February Expressionism Project!
My Expressionism project for this month was a cute little (digital) painting of two birds. I did the birds, sky,...
February 23, 2022
February Artist of the Month: Franz Marc
What is Expressionism? Expressionism began around 1905 in Germany and Austria. Recognizable by its bright, artificial color palettes and simplified...
February 12, 2022
Expressionist February
Our artist this month is Franz Marc! I chose him because despite his short life and career, he was a...
February 1, 2022
Impressionist Art – Did I Do It?
When I started my little digital Impressionist painting, I made sure to go in with no expectations. If it came...
January 3, 2022