Motivation Archives - Alexander Art

The Three Skillsets

When you write every day of the week, it's a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because the more you do anything, the better you get. Let me clarify that statement, though. Practice alone … [Read more...]

Summer Special!

Summertime is a great time to plan your painting strategy for the rest of the year. What's the most important part of that strategy? It's having the right project to paint. So what will it be? … [Read more...]

Relaxation

This is week number one of our annual three-week vacation at the beach. It is also the tenth year we've rented a charming house that is dog-friendly. Maxie loves this place as much as we do. There are … [Read more...]

What We Know

"The only thing I know is that I know nothing." "For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing." One of these quotes is attributed to Socrates. The other is … [Read more...]

The Master’s Apprentice

Duane began his martial arts career as a teenager. He progressed through the ranks until he became a black belt in Isshinryu Karate. The more he studied, though, the more he felt something was … [Read more...]

Craggy Pass – Lesson Eleven

Don't forget, this video and the almost four hundred more are waiting for you inside our membership. Click here for more information. … [Read more...]

Craggy Pass – Lesson Seven

Remember, we have hundreds of videos like this one in our membership. Our goal is to annotate every single one of them as we've done here. Bill didn't have enough time to explain everything he did, … [Read more...]

Kung Fu and Painting

Do you remember watching television on Saturdays when you were a kid? Saturday mornings were cowboy shows like Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and Sky King. But the afternoons were those full-length … [Read more...]

Purpose

"There is no purpose to purpose." -- Michael Gerber That quote sounds pretty strange, doesn't it? Isn't purpose what all the "gurus" tell us we need to discover? A popular book title is, "Find your … [Read more...]

The last Renaissance Man?

A "polymath" is a person whose expertise spans many domains - or subject areas. Leonardo was a polymath. He lived during the Renaissance, so Leonardo is the quintessential "Renaissance … [Read more...]