Art Life Practice Blog

Your destination for all things related to art, culture, and creativity. From artist spotlights and to how-to guides to articles on the science of art and wellness, our goal is always to inspire by way of educating.

A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE COLOR FIELD PAINTERS

A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE COLOR FIELD PAINTERS

Color Field Painting is an art movement that emerged from Abstract Expressionism in the mid-20th century. In opposition to the dramatic, gestural works of the first generation of Abstract Expressionist...
A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE FIGURATIVE ARTISTS...

A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE FIGURATIVE ARTISTS...

For centuries artists have been portraying and interpreting the human form in a multitude of ways. Since the Renaissance, figure drawing has served as the foundation of training, a crucial...
Podcast Rec: Getty Museum's Recording Artists

Podcast Rec: Getty Museum's Recording Artists

As you know, a big part of A L P is learning about iconic artists who have shaped art movements over the past century or so. We love finding new resources to...
Warm Color Explorations

Warm Color Explorations

Recommended creative playtime: 10-20 minutes; 30+ minutes (you can spend as little or much time on this as you have to spare) Skill Level: All (it’s always all skill levels!)...
Cool Color Explorations

Cool Color Explorations

Recommended creative playtime: 10-20 minutes; 30+ minutes (you can spend as little or much time on this as you have to spare) Skill Level: All (it’s always all skill levels!)...
Watercolor Explorations

Watercolor Explorations

The ways to experiment with watercolor are endless. Here are just a few ways to play with watercolor, creating unique textures and effects along the way.  Water blooms Lay down...
How To: Intro VIdeo to Embroidery

How To: Intro VIdeo to Embroidery

  Art Life Practice Embroidery How-to Video from Berry Stein on Vimeo.
Creative Play: Checkerboard Dreams

Creative Play: Checkerboard Dreams

Simply draw a series of gridded lines to make several squares (like a checkerboard), and fill the squares with oil pastels, collage papers, marker, watercolor - whatever you have to...
Creative Play: Shape Exploration

Creative Play: Shape Exploration

Recommended creative playtime: 10-20 minutes; 30+ minutes (you can spend as little or much time on this as you have to spare) Skill Level: All (it’s always all skill levels!)...
Creative Play: Line Exploration Prompt

Creative Play: Line Exploration Prompt

Recommended creative playtime: 10-20 minutes; 30+ minutes (you can spend as little or much time on this as you have to spare) Skill Level: All (it’s always all skill levels...
The Secret to Happiness? Being in a state of FLOW

The Secret to Happiness? Being in a state of FLOW

Psychologist Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi argues in his 2004 TED Talk (viewed by almost six million people at this point) that the moments when we feel happiest and most fulfilled personally...
Everyone can Benefit from Art Therapy

Everyone can Benefit from Art Therapy

 One could safely argue that we are living in truly unprecedented times. While our collective anxiety seems to rise by the day, we have always found art making to be an...