Images of the Resurrection

William-Adolphe Bouguereau The Three Marys at the Tomb, 1876

Eugenè Burnand, The Disciples Running to the Sepulchre, 1898.

Dry Touching or Dragging
A 19th century painting manual describes a technique called "dry touching" where lighter tones of oi[...]
Prismatic Palette
Frank Mason (1921-2009) was a painter and teacher at the Art Students League who used a shelf-l[...]
'Girtin-spiration'
In the "Greenhouse" segment of my new video, Watercolor in the Wild, I mentioned that I ignored the [...]
Sargent Thrashes a Farmer
John Singer Sargent's (1856-1925) biographer Evan Charteris tells the story of one of the oddest epi[...]
Zorn's Self Confidence
Anders Zorn (1860-1920) painted this portrait of an executioner in Siebenbürgen (Transylvania) while[...]