Monday Morning Art School: how to choose the right art supplies
Buying more art supplies can be fun, or it can be a form of flailing around. It can be displacement behavior; it’s easier than buckling down.
The color of place
There’s a difference between landscape painting for finish and effect and plein air painting for exploration and thought.
Like the Left Bank, but with snow
People are often drawn to an artist community—as I was—by the light, beauty, galleries, and the art scene, but there’s also an intangible collaboration that makes us all work better.
Monday Morning Art School: what is a focal point in art?
A good visual composer, just like a good musician, guides his or her viewer through the composition.
Use it or lose it
There are some skills, like breathing, that you don’t forget. There are many others that get rusty if they’re not used. Use it or lose it.