In the traditional sense, abstract painting requires a remarkable imagination. For both the painter and the observer. While inspiration may come from the actual, the end product rests more in the ...

Presented with a plain white wall, it can feel a little daunting to paint on that first splash of colour. But once you get past that anxiety, you can create something seriously magical – especially if ...

With the return of sunlit evenings, warmer days and sprouting gardens, now is the perfect time for budding artists to celebrate the signs of spring through art. The new season brings about ...

Experience the creative journey of making a textured mixed-media abstract painting featuring a stunning mandala motif. Follow step-by-step as bold black and white palette knife strokes set the ...

Explore how people perceive abstract expressionist art and can distinguish it from children's and animal paintings, despite initial doubts. If you wander through New York’s Museum of Modern Art, ...

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A 'robot whisperer' has used her art skills to train a new generation of painters - AI-powered robot dogs. Agnieszka Pilat spent months teaching three four-legged machines developed by Boston Dynamics ...

Strapped for cash and looking for a way to keep open her fledgling dog-training academy, Mary Stadelbacher hit upon a bizarre fund-raising scheme. If she could teach dogs to become service animals for ...

In the 1990s, Rebecca Morris began to search for methods of constructing abstract paintings in surprising ways. And constructing is the operative term — as are synonyms like building, fabricating and ...