Practicing polite deflection
They came in their hundreds and their thousands, and they kept standing in my view. The nerve.
The bones of painting, and a cute story
Remember when I said ‘value is king’? Its co-regent is composition. Every other element of painting is subservient to this pair.
Monday Morning Art School: why grisaille?
Your painting should be a carefully judged pas de deux between reality and your own vision. That’s best worked out before you start adding color variables.
The value of system
Systematic paint gets the mechanics out of the way and makes room for true creativity to emerge. It also helps when time and pressure threaten to derail you.
What is art?
Beauty is something both traditional art and craft do magnificently. It’s something a banana taped to the wall (and much other modern art) fail at. To divorce aesthetics from art is as foolish as trying to draw a line between art and craft.