The Artist’s Blog

Use color to tell a story. Explore emotional color harmony with surreal night scenes from Almaty in this week’s art challenge.

Explore this week's art challenge set in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Learn how to use rhythm in landscape painting with helpful tips, photo analysis, and painting prompts.

Explore how to use color to guide the viewer’s eye in urban landscapes with references from Neuburg an der Donau.

Discover how to use color as a compositional tool in landscape painting. Learn from masterpieces by Monet, Sisley, and Munch how to create powerful emotional focus using color alone.

Discover how to use leading lines to enhance your desert landscape compositions and guide your viewer's eye through the scene.

Learn how to apply leading lines in your landscape paintings to create stronger compositions, guide the viewer's eye, and build a sense of movement.