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What is art?

What is art?

Carol L. DouglasAug 1, 20234 min read
Beauty is something both traditional art and craft do magnificently. It’s something a banana taped to the wall (and much other modern art) fail at. To divorce aesthetics from art is as foolish as trying to draw a line between art and craft.
Monday Morning Art School: ten great fog paintings

Monday Morning Art School: ten great fog paintings

Carol L. DouglasJul 30, 20233 min read
I thought about giving you some didactic rules for painting fog, and then thought again: why not let the masters show you themselves? The hard part was winnowing it down to ten.
Top ten myths about art

Top ten myths about art

Carol L. DouglasJul 27, 20233 min read
A compendium of all the weird and wrong stuff I’ve heard over the years about the life of the working artist.
An agonizing painting

An agonizing painting

Carol L. DouglasJul 25, 20234 min read
“The Slave Ship” is based on the true story of the callous mass murder of more than 130 enslaved people. You won’t remain unmoved by it.
Monday Morning Art School: simplifying shapes in the landscape

Monday Morning Art School: simplifying shapes in the landscape

Carol L. DouglasJul 23, 20233 min read
Thinking about the landscape as a series of planes will help you create depth in your painting.