Sketching vs. drawing
“What’s the difference between sketching and drawing?” a student asked me. There’s no hard line separating one from the other.
Monday Morning Art School: how to tell people what to do
Don’t assume that someone who’s approaching their art career differently from you is doing it all wrong.
Old Wyoming Homestead
Your children need the privy, but you’re not sending them there alone. It’s no wonder that the outhouse has three holes; it was a family affair.
In praise of Texas parks
When Mark mentioned McKinney Falls to me, I was skeptical. After all, it is just a few miles from downtown Austin. I wasn’t prepared for the solitude and peace of the place.
Monday Morning Art School: are your paints toxic?
I’m not worried about you using these pigments; I’m worried about the children, involuntary workers, and those driven by poverty to work in unsafe conditions.