Computers are good at many things, but painting has always been considered a distinctly human skill. Creating texture, blending, shading—these are all things the human hand is very adept at doing (ok, ...

Artificial intelligence and machine learning have been getting a lot of media attention lately, from Google's AlphaGo to Microsoft and Facebook's photo recognition for the blind. But being able to ...

Spray paint is a notoriously tricky medium to control with a reliable level of accuracy. Fortunately for would-be muralists everywhere, researchers have invented a "smart" spray paint system that can ...

A computer algorithm analyzed all of Rembrandt's work to learn the Dutch master's style and technique, before re-creating it in a new painting. Last week, scholars revealed an as-yet-unknown Rembrandt ...

Computer painting programs can produce good-looking results but some artists say using a mouse robs them of the sensation of producing art, hampering their creativity. Now researchers have come up ...

Last week, scholars revealed an as-yet-unknown Rembrandt painting. The picture, which shows a man looking away, had the rich colors, subtle emotion, characteristic brushstrokes, and evocative play of ...