Discover the art of encaustic collage — a luminous mixed-media technique that uses wax to layer paper, fabric, and photographs. Learn tips, materials, and safety basics to create glowing, textured artworks.

Feeling stuck at the blank canvas stage? Here's your permission to break the rules. Abstract art isn’t about perfection—it’s about presence. It's where your emotions take the lead and your brush becomes your voice.

Discover how to use Gamble Garden in Palo Alto as inspiration for plein air sketching with a limited nature-inspired palette.

As summer winds down, August offers some of the most breathtaking sunsets of the year—golden yellows melting into soft pinks and dusky purples.

Camper at Pacific Art League painting a portrait in oil paint

Pacific Art League’s Expressive Art Summer Camp with Bill Wilson Center offers free, trauma-informed visual arts education to underserved San Jose youth—fostering creativity, confidence, and connection through community-based art programs.

It all begins with an idea.