Painting
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Art History and Movements
Surveys of painting traditions, periods, and artistic movements across cultures and centuries.
19th-Century Realism
European Masters
Historical European Painting
Impressionism and Modern Movements
Artist Life
Personal narratives about the experience of making art and developing as a painter.
Art as Healing
Becoming an Artist
Making and Showing Work
Contemporary Art
Current debates, exhibitions, and practices in the contemporary painting world.
Abstract and Conceptual Work
Art World Debates
Creative Practice
Projects, challenges, and teaching approaches that structure artistic development.
Challenges and Teaching
Experimental Projects
Famous Artists
Explorations of individual painters whose lives and works have shaped art history.
Leonardo da Vinci
Vermeer and Dutch Masters
Vincent van Gogh
Looking at Art
Guides and reflections on how to observe, interpret, and appreciate paintings.
Viewing and Interpretation
Painting Techniques
Practical instruction on materials, methods, and solving technical challenges in painting.
Advanced Technical Skills
Getting Started
Plein Air Practice
Poetry and Fiction
Creative writing inspired by the act and experience of painting.
Poems About Painting
Portraiture
Examinations of portrait painting across eras and the artists who created them.
Modern Portraiture
Portrait Studies
Themes in Art
Paintings organized by their subjects, from mythology to desire to social commentary.
