General

Developing your own style

January 7, 2012

I hope to use this blog to get into technique very soon, but before that, the question is why?  So many classes, even at the college level refuse to teach the basics, they complain that knowing basics is stifling and destroys one’s ability and freedom to experiment and develop a style.  A very famous university [...]

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More about drawing

February 6, 2011

Ted Nuttall turned me on to a book by Richard Schmid, Alla Prima.  I now keep this at my bedside and reread many parts of it.  The section on drawing is of particular interest.  Richard  points out that even though drawing is a skill that must be learned, it isn’t like swimming or biking, where [...]

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Relationships

February 24, 2010

As you read through this new entry, I ask that you consider the word “relationship”, always something that goes with something else.  The more you relate things to one another, the more accurate you will be in learning to SEE. For example, draw a rectangle, this will contain the oval shape for the face.  In [...]

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Why draw?

February 10, 2010

Today is the very first day of my new blog, I hope to add new information every week to discuss this process of making art. Drawing is the absolute foundation of every painting.  It’s the connection from your eyes/brain to your painting surface, without it there is a disconnect. You see something you feel passion [...]

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