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...]
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...]
Walking with God
There is a neat part of Genesis where God and Adam are walking together around the world. This passage, by the way, helps explain what artists do. Or instead what artists do not do. So from the soil Yahweh God fashioned all the wild beasts and all the birds of heaven. These he brought to the man to see what he would call them; each one was to bear the name the man would give … [Read more...]
What’s your journey?
"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." -- T.S. Eliott George Lucas' film "Star Wars" is the archetypical story of the Hero's Journey. If you follow the exploits of Luke Skywalker in the above graphic, you'll see each step of the adventure he took. In fact, it's almost … [Read more...]
Reduce distractions
How does an artist guide the viewer through a painting? Too many distractions and you'll lose the viewer. The picture will confuse them, and they will move on. Oops... missed that sale! Sometimes you will want to have distractions to add interest to the painting. You need to think about what you are doing, though. Many paintings contain objects placed with little or no … [Read more...]
The paint…
We have a question for you. Do you like things that are hard or easy? We know you may be up for a challenge once in a while. We're talking, though, about facing problems every single time you go to the canvas. Do you like to struggle with your paint? Do you want to fight with your brushes? Do you love trying to figure out what you're doing wrong while you're trying to create … [Read more...]
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