Some artists have a self-imposed belief that using certain tools is “cheating”. They have attempted to convince themselves that working from photographs, tracing an image, utilizing a photocopier or other computer device is somehow less valid than creating art using nothing more than a brush and a good intention. Bah! […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
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Sometimes, artists can be their own worst enemies. I had a professor who used to say, “all painters need someone with a 2 by 4 standing behind them to let them know when they’re finished”. One way to avoid over-thinking and over-working a painting is to set a finite time […]
When working in a 2-dimensional art form such as drawing or painting, it’s easy to focus only on the image contained within the piece. One thing you as an aspiring artist can do to take your work to the next level is to broaden your thinking and consider the piece in […]
As a lover of color, when aspiring artists ask me for advice on how to take their work to the next level, I usually tell them to study the color wheel. Really study it. Of course it’s not a magic bullet, but I’m often surprised how many times I turn […]
I’ve decided to do a little series of abstracts. The first one is titled “Native Earth”. You can see it under the Fine Art tab on this website.