Watercolorist Stephen Scott Young getting into the details of his watercolor technique with students. All photos by Manuel Rodriguez . Artists of the past are often remembered as working solo, toiling...

Rossina's Apple by William Rose, 2007, charcoal on museum board, 28 x 20. The American Artist , Watercolor , and Drawing magazine cover competitions offer once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to present...

When asked why painting the human figure was so important painter Scott Burdick was matter-of-fact. “Because we are human,” he said. “If an alien species were to come down today, they...

As an artist who has painted the natural world for over 20 years, Adam Straus has a complicated connection to his environment. In the 1990s, he painted Oil Slicks , a series of paintings that referenced...

An artist shuts the door on inspiration and creative possibilities when he or she withdraws from exploring subject matter because there doesn’t appear to be anything new to say. Painting flowers...

In this special Artist Daily gallery, we present online reproductions of the work of Robert Kogge , who was featured in the September 2010 issue of American Artist . In the introduction to his article...

I remember the first time an artist invited me into his studio. It was truly a reflection of his personality and experiences—full of memorabilia from his travels in and around his childhood hometown...

The best painters understand that they work to create an illusion. The sleight of hand that comes along with realist painting can be especially compelling when it hides in plain sight—when artists...