Artist Studio
You want to be an artist, it is a wonderful goal, very satisfying and yet very illusive. To be an artist requires self-awareness and understanding of what excites and motivates you to be a creative soul. “Artist”, requires creative inputs beyond the simple mastering of paint, pencil and brush because to truly express yourself, which
It is New Years Day and a good time to get back to painting and establishing your working pace for the coming year. I want you to take out two pieces of paper and quickly sketch out some simple shapes nothing too complicated. It should be a piece of subject matter you are very comfortable
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This jumpstart is a really a lesson I work on a lot with my students, it involves trying to make a painting by taking all of the principle subject matter and tying these separate pieces of information into one creative dark middle value shape. If done well you will have considered how the shape works
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This will be a great way to warm up and possibly paint some fabulous very expressive and unique pieces of work. It will require that you have lots of fresh paint on your palette, some of your favorite brushes, make sure you have a wide range of brushes handy big wash ones and skinny liners
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Just Do Something We waste a great deal of time trying to do something meaningful, really creative, a marvelous piece of art but it is my belief that what we should be doing is anything that moves the rock a little further along the road. Our goal is to be a creative and expressive artist