Posts by Nicholas Wilton

Hi there, I call it hope painting. This is when you just hope that your art is going to turn out. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t. This was my experience, till I figured out a new way. It is all about asking one little question. Less hope and more clarity will always create…

Hi there, Have you ever tried setting up a schedule to make art for so many hours on so many days? I have tried this a bunch of times but in the end I just never stuck with it. Sometimes something came up or I just didn’t feel like painting for that amount of time…

Hi there, Your art might not be the best place to look when trying to improve it. Your art is simply the final result of many, many small actions and steps. This process, I have discovered, is the best place to start looking in order to improve your art. How you feel and think on…

Hi there Do you remember what awoke you to your creativity? It is different for everyone. It could be seeing someone else’s art, or it could be just seeing something in your life that stirs your desire to make your art. But make no mistake, these messages come. And at some point, we notice them.…

I have been drawing and painting my whole life and it never ceases to amaze me how much there is still to learn. Today in the studio I discovered some cool things about lines. Lines can give your art a feeling of spontaneity and scale without losing or markedly changing what you have already made!…

My big studio table becomes cluttered with just about everything. What ends up there by the end of the week is startling. There are coffee cups, notes, unopened mail, magazines, paint brushes, laptop cords, pens and palettes, and this week even a single running shoe. So I was clearing it up and as I did,…