http://painting.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Painting GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-15T00:05:50Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/16/painting-tip-of-the-week-using-an-old-credit-card.htm This week's painting tip is from Mickey Oberman and is about how useful an old, expired credit card can with when oil painting. (Just be sure to deface the information... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/16/painting-tip-of-the-week-using-an-old-credit-card.htm 2008-05-16T00:05:31Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/15/modern-art-icon-robert-rauschenberg-has-died.htm Even if you're not immediately familiar with his name, if you've done an Art 101 or an intro to modern art course then you're almost guaranteed to have come across... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/15/modern-art-icon-robert-rauschenberg-has-died.htm 2008-05-15T00:05:50Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/14/wordless-wednesday-abused-brush.htm ... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/14/wordless-wednesday-abused-brush.htm 2008-05-14T00:10:08Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/13/record-price-for-a-painting-by-a-living-artist.htm The painting had been predicted to reach around US$35 million at auction, but while it didn't quite reach that Lucian Freud's painting "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" did set a new record... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/13/record-price-for-a-painting-by-a-living-artist.htm 2008-05-13T23:59:35Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/13/new-flower-paintings-in-project-gallery.htm Some folks may get tired of hearing about Van Gogh and sunflowers in the same sentence, but I think it's impossible to deny or overstate the influence he and his... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/13/new-flower-paintings-in-project-gallery.htm 2008-05-13T13:59:07Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/13/art-book-review-leonardo-on-painting.htm "The mind of the painter should be like a mirror which always takes the colour of the thing that it reflects, and which is filled by as many images as... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/13/art-book-review-leonardo-on-painting.htm 2008-05-13T00:05:46Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/12/how-to-make-your-own-charcoal.htm As a painter, you've likely used charcoal at some stage or other, not least to lightly sketch the composition of a painting on a canvas. But have you ever thought... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/12/how-to-make-your-own-charcoal.htm 2008-05-12T00:05:35Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/11/camera-lucida-an-optical-illusion-for-artists.htm Imagine an optical device that allowed you to see what you wanted to paint or draw as if reflected on your piece of paper. All you'd need to do would... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/11/camera-lucida-an-optical-illusion-for-artists.htm 2008-05-11T00:10:40Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/10/abstract-painting-step-by-step-heat-1.htm Follow the development of an abstraction painting called Heat 1 from the initial blocking in of the base color to the finished painting. It was done in acrylics using a... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/10/abstract-painting-step-by-step-heat-1.htm 2008-05-10T00:01:09Z http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/09/painting-tip-of-the-week-painterly-style.htm This week's painting tip is from J.B. and is about a 'trick' used to create a more painterly or looser style. Read this week's painting tip... Got a great painting tip... http://painting.about.com/b/2008/05/09/painting-tip-of-the-week-painterly-style.htm 2008-05-09T00:05:39Z