Mastery in any field is an asymptotic process. There are no “masters” in art, only really accomplished artists on their own journey.
How to Practice Drawing and Painting at the Same Time
Everyday before my drawing projects, painting projects or performances I begin with a warm-up. This warm-up doesn’t just warm-up the muscles in my arm or…
Why Do Art Daily?
Art making is not like riding a bike, making art is complex. In fact even writing a bike is hard if you haven’t done it…
How to do Art Daily
How to do art daily is very close to my heart. I live this ideal every day and it has changed my life. With this…
Drawing and Painting From Memory
Many of the greatest artists who ever lived were drawing and painting from memory. They didn’t have the convenience of photography during the time of…
Flexibility With Art Time
How can we as artists prevent time challenges from completely destroying our precious art time?
Cell Phones Can Improve Our Art
Thanks to technology we can use our cell phones to improve our art by treating it as a third eye when looking at our artwork.
Technical Skill vs Expression
In the struggle to find my authentic art I’m working to balance out technical skill vs expression and at which point on the spectrum my…
Be the Best at Whatever You Do
You don’t need to be an artist to be the best at whatever you do. Just try to do your best with whatever means that…
The Man in the Arena
On April 23, 1910, Fifty-two year-old Teddy Roosevelt has served two terms as the U.S. President and is delivering a speech at the Sorbonne in…
Professional Photos of an Oil Painting Without Glare
I’ve been dealing with bad photographs of paintings on my blog for a while now. Finally I did something about it, and hopefully this post…
Watts Atelier Review
A fellow artists and blogger Jana Bouc asked me about Watts Atelier via email. After spending about 30 minutes writing a reply to her I…
Drawing Water from an Animated Gif?
After a discussion in life drawing class about painting the complexties of water I attemted drawing water from an animated gif.
Comparing drawing Accuracy with an iPhone is bad
After yesterdays drawing having errors greater than I expected, I investigated and soon discovered that Comparing drawing Accuracy with an iPhone is bad.
Portable Taboret
I was time to upgrade my studio and my solution is what I like to call “The Portable Taboret of Awesome!”.