Monday Morning Art School: Brides and bridesmaids
Until that moment, I hadn’t been thinking of the red gazebo roof in her painting as Bridezilla, but it worked.
Put down the red pen
It’s far healthier to learn to apply objective standards of criticism to your own paintings than to cast around for approval from your peers (although we’ve all done it).
If not today, when?
Whatever creative task you are called to do, there is always a day you must start, instead of just thinking about it. Is this the day?
The most important rule of painting
Yes, you’re very likely to make a bad painting when you’re in a slump, but you stand a zero chance of making a good one if you don’t try.
Sit still and sketch the world
When you were a child, you knew how to draw a flower. What made you lose confidence in your ability?