Don’t waste your time having to learn everything all over again! Let’s say you want to learn to oil paint. You head over to Google and search on the phrase “learn to oil paint.” Whoa, horsey! — 7,970,000 results! At the bottom of the page, Google suggests, even more, articles if you weren’t sure about your original search phrase. For example, “Oil Painting For Beginners,” … [Read more...]

Life is like a bank. You get out of it what you put into it. -- Albert Lasker Albert Lasker was born in the late 1800's. He began his career as a newspaper reporter but moved into the field of advertising. Lasker built one of the largest advertising agencies in America. Claude Hopkins acknowledged as one of the copywriting greats, worked with Lasker. Emotional … [Read more...]

Andrew Loomis (1892-1959) was an American illustrator, author and art teacher. Loomis was active during one of the greatest periods of advertising growth in America. He created artwork for some of these first advertising agencies. He also taught art and illustration at the American Academy of Art. What appeals to us is how similar Loomis’ philosophy of art (and life) … [Read more...]

Midnight. You wake with a start! Tomorrow your commission will arrive to check the status of her portrait. For the last week and a half, some strange illness kept you bedridden and feeling horrendous. You drag yourself out of the bed and confront the outline on the canvas. You know there is only one way you will have anything suitable to present tomorrow. You grab … [Read more...]