"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you're not quite sure where to start, consider what medium your child gravitates towards: paint, chalk ...

The 19th century was the great age of plein-air landscape painting, when artists left their studios and took to the outdoors to capture not a romanticized ­vision of nature but the real thing. To help ...

I just started an online painting course and needed an easel to create my sure-to-be masterpieces. However, I did not want to invest in purchasing one in case my painting ability turned out to be more ...

Hobby artists rank in the millions, and starting a business that builds and sells art easels is a very easy and inexpensive enterprise to get rolling. The business can be operated from a small ...

The first time I saw plein air painters doing their thing near Traverse City, we were cycling the Leelanau Peninsula and were taking a break at picturesque Fishtown. A dozen painters had easels set up ...