THE number of strokes of the paint brush that go to making a picture is of some scientific interest, so I venture to record two personal experiences. Some years ago I was painted by Graef ...

athletic abstract resemblance to a match – with the ball being shot from the background to the foreground. It almost looks to me like he’s used the ball as a paint brush. It’s very vibrant ...

So they added a few brush strokes, assuming it was a participatory mural. Not quite: The painting was a finished work by an American artist whose abstract aesthetic riffs on street art.

To the untrained eye, her abstract art may look like a collection of random colors and brush strokes ... But the painting’s fragmented gray, green, blue, and pink strokes hint at the subtle ...

Oil paint is demanding and corrosive, and high-quality, durable brushes are key tools. The brushes here work well with not only oil paint but also with acrylics, watercolor, and gouache.

One brush, however, […] And all painters have their favorite paintbrush—their go-to brush that’s used in every painting, the brush that ushers them into their creative painting zone.