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Question and Answer Session with Tom Anderson 04-22-21
Amusement or Art?
"A discipline with no principles is not a discipline -- it's an amusement." -- Bob Hoffman Bob Hoffman is a popular speaker and author in the field of advertising and marketing. He is an outspoken critic of digital marketing in particular. He doesn't spare his peers in the traditional marketing realm either. His quote above applies to both spheres. I couldn't help thinking … [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...]
Guiding Principles
What if every time you painted you created a masterpiece? Here's how the Old Masters did it for centuries. Time-Tested Principles Don't make up new rules of art. According to rabbinic tradition, Ecclesiastes was written by King Solomon in his old age. Solomon writes, "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the … [Read more...]
Terror of the Blank Canvas
Bill talks about the "Terror of the Blank Canvas" in many of his videos. He jokes that "That canvas is scared of me." What Bill is talking about is the main reason most people don't become artists. People tell us the number one obstacle holding them back from becoming the artist they want to be is... Self-Confidence There are two other obstacles that people mention as … [Read more...]