Posts by Nicholas Wilton

Hi Everyone, Thanks for all the comments last week about finding clarity in your art. Since I had so many ask to see how that painting turned out, I thought, this week, I would show you. After last week’s vlog I kept painting and once I had established some strong darks, the painting started to…

Hi Everyone Sometimes our lives can feel so full. This can feel good but it also can be overwhelming. This week I am going through dozens of old boxes of stuff I stored in my studio 5 years ago. So much of it I no longer need or even remembered I owned. I don’t think…

Hi Everyone Here is my secret way I get unstuck in my art. I just ask myself one question. What do I love in this painting? Is it the color? Is it the tiny rabbit in the lower left corner? Or is it the expressive, charcoal lines that criss cross at the top? Of course,…

Hi Everyone, I tried to couch it as “this is just what a creative studio looks like”, but now it has gotten so disorganized that excuse just won’t work anymore. So… this week’s video is all about messiness and organization. Or put another way… right brain or left brain. Our right brain is generally better…

Hi Everyone, Happy Sunday! I hope you are getting to the studio today. On Sundays, before I head to the studio, I usually do a long but slow run on Mt Tamalpais And when I do I often listen to audio books. The one I am listening to now is Daniel Pink’s “A Whole New…

I have been working on several large pieces in my studio over the last few weeks, and one in particular is starting to come together a little faster than the rest. This is somewhat typical of my process, where I begin a body of work at the same time, and eventually one piece begins to…