American Artist Magazine

Pros: Great demos...Lots of savoir-faire and encouragement for the debutants..Precise writing but easy to understand..

Cons: No complaints

Review: If you spent any time at all in the Caribbean, you will understand my sensitive attractions and affinity for the genre of watercolor. In many aspects, this is a tribute to my parents who instilled in me at a very early age the love of arts. They used...

Pros: Visually stimulating, definitely useful, a pleasure to study

Cons: Price, though justified, is a bit high

Review: I love this magazine. When I see it in the mailbox, I feel magically increased somehow, I believe that the mailman is happier for the delivering, and even the mailbox seems to have expanded its friendliness despite also containing junk and bills.
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Pros: oriented to the aspiring artist

Cons: caliber of artwork featured sometimes shaky

Review: This magazine is designed for the want-to-be artist and is full of how-tos from other artists. It is not for someone trying to read about the art world.

Each issue usually contains one article on an art-historical topic, usually fairly...

Pros: A few interesting painters

Cons: Lots of really uninteresting painters

Review: American Artist lacks substance. Its reactionary take on American art is actually somewhat refreshing given the appalling state of the art press in general. However, American Artist fails to gain any traction with the arts community because it panders to...