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Immediacy 19 Apr 2013 | 08:27 pm
On my blog One Artist's Journey, I am introducing a series of small studies in which I am exploring how pure immediacy plays in the creative process after years of studying composition and techniques....
Breaking Out of Prison 2 Feb 2013 | 08:29 pm
One reason some artists avoid drawing the nude human figure is that, more than any other subject, every mark counts. Not only is the drawing's success dependent upon the artist's seeing things in the...
Moving Forward Towards Freedom to Create 25 Jan 2013 | 07:19 pm
What we do reflects what we know as well as what we don't know. Knowledge is not static nor is it finite nor is it limited to study from what others have learned. Rather knowledge comes with freeing...
From Robert Genn 2 Nov 2012 | 05:11 pm
Here's something from one of Robert Genn's recent bi-weekly letters: "Jack" got a BFA and then an MFA from a Midwestern University. He's visited many of the major contemporary art museums and follows...
SPECIAL POST: Artists, Be Careful! 9 Jul 2012 | 10:53 pm
Artists, be careful. There is now a scam (or I should call it a fraud) where a buyer poses to be interested in buying several paintings and as being from the UK or perhaps another foreign country, us...
In Praise of Gesture 12 May 2012 | 11:38 am
Gesture drawing is our most direct tool for absorbing the essence of what we see. Simply defined a gesture drawing captures the movement the artist feels within the subject. It is the artist's rapid...
Switching a Few Gears 5 May 2012 | 11:14 am
Let's switch gears a bit and take a look at our work habits. No matter our style of painting or our personality, there are ways to enable our painting process to move along more smoothly if we practi...
Considering Economy 28 Apr 2012 | 11:59 am
I've always been intrigued by how much can be said with so little when the saying of it is in the hands of a master. There are volumes contained in Emily Dickenson's simple lines, The soul selects it...
Creating Within an Intention: Rabatment 21 Apr 2012 | 01:12 pm
What do the sonnet, the waltz and a rabatment have in common? Each is a form--a pattern for how parts of a creation will fall into place. Each is like a seed that will be an oak tree, an egg that wil...
Visual Bridges 24 Mar 2012 | 07:44 am
Whether enabling us to cross over a deep ravine, a small stream or twelve lanes of traffic, we depend upon bridges to get from one place to another. They take on many forms-- from a plank of lumber t...
