Venus on the half-shell

     You may already be somewhat familiar with Boticelli’s painting “The Birth of Venus.”  The image of Venus in this painting has been used in so many ways, from advertising…

Toning it up – or down

     If you have access to a copy machine, it’s interesting to put a brightly colored picture into the machine and run a copy of it in black and white…

     You probably know that many artists paint on canvas.  But if you’re just getting started as a painter in oils or acrylics, just walking into the art supply store…

     (AAPNW-IL) Forty-five works by the members of the Illinois Watercolor Society are on display in the Bill Parks Gallery at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. The exhibition,…