Posted in Artist Inspiration on Mar 7th, 2010
Have you noticed how often we as landscape artists use the power of 3 in our paintings?
Over the years and in my 30+ years of painting experience, I have painted many little white churches. One of the attention getting details to me, is all the triangles. People of olden times took the time to make [...]
Posted in Artist Inspiration on Jan 28th, 2010
If you think you are not creative your thoughts will be telling you “I can’t, but the creative mind will be spurring you on telling you “I can, and here’s how I’ll make it happen.
Posted in Artist Inspiration on Nov 21st, 2009
Without a definite goal for your creativity during the holidays, you may find yourself going along with someone else’s plans. Go with your own creativity and find what’s what right for you
Posted in Artist Inspiration on Oct 30th, 2009
Choosing To Be An Artist – For A Lifetime – 20 pages of inspiration. At no cost to you!
Posted in Artist Inspiration, Learning to paint, Networking with Artists on Oct 24th, 2009
Just general information today, just to catch up and tell you about a few thoughts from my art world.
First, I want to ask, is it cold where you are? It’s really cold here in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains! Big frost twice this week.
Next, I’ll tell you about the watercolor workshop that I [...]
Posted in Artist Inspiration on Oct 14th, 2009
Dean Nimmer states “Shut off your conscious ind, full of self doub and negative chatter and let your intuition guide you.
Dean Nimmer’s book titled “Art From Intiution: Overcoming Your Fears and Obstacles to Making Art,” is available at http://bit.ly/2mAVIW,(Amazon, of which I am an affiliate.)
Posted in Artist Inspiration on Oct 6th, 2009
Art festivals are a sign of fall. Just as much as the corn maze, pumpkin carving and the many other activities that we love to participate in each year.
Do you feel the rush of fall in the air? And, the rush of getting everything done before your next exhibit? I certainly do! It seems that [...]
Posted in Artist Inspiration on Sep 19th, 2009
Honoring your creative spirit means, “During all your life as an artist, learn through painstaking experimentation, exercise, and practice how to acquire a masterly knowledge of your craft.” Paul Jacques Grillo
Are you one of those people that separates your creativity into categories? When you are creating a quilt are you just a quilter? Or, when [...]
Posted in Artist Inspiration, Learning to paint on Aug 11th, 2009
Do you chart your watercolor paints? How do you know how they interact?
The reasons to chart your watercolor paints are:
1) How do they interact with other colors on the palette?
2) Are they transparent, semi-transparent or opaque?
3) Are they staining or non-staining?
4) Are they granulating?
5) Is their temperature warm or cool?
These questions can be answered when [...]
Posted in Artist Inspiration on Aug 4th, 2009
The Landscape Artist Speaks
Do you know the advantages of keeping records of your solo and group art events?
1. Some galleries do not allow paintings that have been shown before to be shown again.
2. It’s important to rotate your paintings. Have a different venue to show them and change them out about each three months. So [...]
