This post explores the importance of creating a personalized curriculum to learn painting at home. I have been teaching myself to paint for about 5 years rather slowly, but the one thing that has kept me on track is having clear goals—then creating a curriculum to reach those goals. I’ll…
In this post we will analyze Abbott Handerson Thayer’s painting titled Stevenson Memorial, a dedication to the late writer Robert Lewis Stevenson. We will discuss some of Stevenson's literary works that may have influenced Thayer, and other artworks by Abbott Handerson Thayer to gain a better understanding of this piece…
The Lady of Shalott Painting by John William Waterhouse 1888 based on Alfred Lord Tennysons poem “The Lady of Shalott” The painting above titled "The Lady of Shalott" created by John William Waterhouse in 1888 is inspired by a ballad written by Alfred Tennyson in 1833 which shares the same…
