There is so much to know and learn - and time is running out! What is the old saying? Art is long and time is short. The lack of information is not a problem anymore. Maybe five hundred years ago finding information was difficult. Then Gutenberg invented the printing press and information became accessible and plentiful. The Internet is unleashing an explosion of data. For … [Read more...]
Brush cleaning – the safe way
"I watched the clean your brushes video and wanted to know if that formula is ONLY for the final cleaning or can it be used while cleaning the brush WHILE painting a picture? Do I still use mineral spirits to clean my brush during the painting process? Thank you" -- K. We get this question a lot. There is a short answer and a longer answer that addresses a lot of … [Read more...]
The principles of mastery
I was listening to my audiobook this morning on Creativity. The author interviewed many creative people from many disciplines. He said that creativity could not occur without first mastering the domain in which the creative person works. In other words, unless you know your subject, you cannot add to it. It's the same thing with painting. You can't master the discipline of … [Read more...]
A master’s words
"It is an acknowledged fact, that we perceive errors in the works of others more readily than in our own." -- Leonardo da Vinci Is this an accurate statement? For master artists - maybe. How about the rest of us? I don't know about you, but the only thing I see in my work are mistakes. There seems to be no worse critic than ourselves. I suspect that Leonardo's treatise was … [Read more...]
Texting and Painting
Did you know ninety-seven percent of American adults send text messages every week, if not every day? Since 97% pretty much includes everyone, I guess it's no surprise we send over six billion texts every day. It gets worse, though. Text messages have a ninety-nine percent open rate. We respond to a text in about ninety seconds! Did you ever get annoyed when you got … [Read more...]
Ham and Eggs
We know Bill was a master artist. Today's video clip is going to show you he was a master teacher. Before I go there, though, I want to talk about my dog Maxie. First, let me start with Beeble. Beeble Beeble was a poodle. He was small, but not one of those toy poodles you carry around in a purse. One day we noticed him bumping into the furniture and thought it was odd. We … [Read more...]
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