The ‘good enough’ trap
Technical proficiency is not the same thing as having an artistic voice. One is about solving visual problems. The other is about saying something that only you can say.
Monday Morning Art School: cast versus form shadows
When you understand the difference between form and cast shadows, your paintings will sit solidly in space.
Break painting rules, but only after you learn them
You can break painting rules. In fact, you should. But you can’t break rules you don’t understand.
Why group classes beat private painting lessons
I never give private lessons; they’re not good value for money. The hive intelligence in a class beats any painting critique I can come up with on my own.
Monday Morning Art School: what is hardest to paint?
Students ask me how to paint water, portraits, clouds, trees, rocks, animals and many other things. That’s thinking in nouns, not visually.