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When Your Art Starts Feeling Too Familiar…
I’m in the studio working on a new body of work for an upcoming show, and I noticed something that might sound familiar… Even with 4 to 5 paintings going…
Batch Your Work
I like to start multiple pieces at once – it encourages me to work larger and helps inform where I should go next with each piece. How do you start?
Stage 5 Mastery: How To Have Mastery In Art
How many hours in a life does it take to master something? In Malcolm Gladwell’s 2008 book “Outliers” he opines that the number is 10,000. I am not sure this is accurate as it doesn’t take quality of practice or intention as a factor. It does, of course, take passion,…
Start, Differently
A great way to begin a painting is to start putting down marks completely different from what you normally do. It’s refreshing and can push your work in new, unexpected directions. How do you start?