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 doesn't guarantee you'll get better. The old saying, "Practice makes perfect" is wrong! If you continue to practice the wrong stuff, you will not improve. Practice A better … [Read more...]
Bonus Video Clips
We mentioned last time that we've added a bonus to our Summer Special. (This promotion ends tonight at midnight Pacific Daylight Time). We're going to include a link to some video clips from some of the projects included in this collection. So far we've assembled over half an hour of tips and techniques from Bill, Buck, and Lowell. What we did was match up the projects … [Read more...]
Comparing mediums
Do you ever notice this about Hollywood celebrities? The ones who play, say, doctors, start giving medical advice? Often a company will use them in an advertisement. Like when an insurance company used doctors from a popular T.V. show to pitch us getting regular checkups. Real doctors Why not use real doctors? Well, no one would recognize them as doctors. But wait, they … [Read more...]
It’s about time!
In 1841 a portrait painter and tinkerer, John Golf Rand, invented the collapsible artist's paint tube. I've read that Renoir said, "Without tubes of paint, there would have been no Impressionism." Really? Like most stuff you read on the Internet, those types of "quotes" remind me of that game of "Gossip" we played as kids. Go ahead, google Renoir's quote and see what pops … [Read more...]
Bill’s Paint!
Bill knew that not everyone understood the importance of using the right paint. That's why he warned them to find a thick, thick paint. No paint manufacturer at the time made a paint specifically for Bill's method of oil painting. No one, other than Alexander Art, makes Bill's special paint today. Have to? If you were to ask us, "Do we HAVE to buy Bill's paint?" our answer … [Read more...]
Still using solvents?
We had a session today with Tom Anderson. Tom teaches our Master Class art course. He is a professional artist. He and his wife Lynda ran a studio and art gallery in Northern California for over twenty-five years. They retired to Texas to be near his grandchildren a couple of years ago. You can read more about Tom at this link on our website. Tom is the most knowledgeable … [Read more...]
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