Copy machine You need to make a copy of a document, so you go down to your local office supply store. The attendant takes your original, slaps it down on the glass and, seconds later, hands you the copy. When you get home and look at it, you notice a small hair must have been on the glass. Now, that hair is part of your copy. You think to yourself, it's too much of a hassle to … [Read more...]
The Gap
What do you think most artists consider the number one obstacle to their success? The following is a response from a survey we ran that's typical of a lot of responses. I want so much to paint. I love painting. It makes me feel alive; I feel myself become someone else like I am part of that painting. I think what is holding me back is I seem to think I'm not able to do … [Read more...]
Teaching us to live!
Tom Anderson, Alexander Master Artist, posed this question to us the other day. What if there had been no Bill Alexander? It's kind of interesting when you think about it, isn't it? Bill Alexander was, perhaps, one of the most important people in art in the last one hundred years. Don't you think he deserves a little recognition for his contribution? Early Life Bill was born … [Read more...]
Can Art Save The World?
Bill's background is, no doubt, unmatched by almost any other artist. As we have related on our website, Bill, as a child, grew up in the aftermath of the First World War. He described playing amongst the debris of war. He recounted childhood friends killed by deserted ordinance. Bill grew up in abject poverty in a feudal society. He was a member of a peasant class who … [Read more...]
Streamline and Innovate!
At Alexander Art, we watch a lot of Bill's videos. We watch them in slow motion to analyze his brush strokes. We pay particular attention to how he mixes colors. We play them over and over, because we always find something that we didn't see before. It was during these viewings that we began to notice some interesting things. We paid close attention to how Bill used his … [Read more...]
Giving without limits
Note: We're taking a break from our series on paint this week. We'll return to our series next week. I was rereading Joe Karbo's book, "The Lazy Man's Way to Riches”, on Friday. In the beginning of the book he asserts, "You are now on your way to having everything in the world you really want!" He makes a point of explaining why he used "everything" and not … [Read more...]