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The Magic Ingredient I Add to My Acrylic Paint
As a former oil painter, acrylic paint has two frustrating qualities to me, it’s thin and it’s slippery, making it hard to build texture or draw into. A simple studio…
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The 75-20-5 Hierarchy: How Three Simple Words Can Transform Your Art
I just discovered a powerful technique that will instantly make your work bolder and clearer. Choose three words that define what you want your art to feel like, then make one of those words dominate 75% of your painting, with the other two taking up 20% and 5%. This hierarchy…
How to Start Making Art Again When You’ve Been Away From Your Practice
Waiting for the “right time” to make art will never work because art-making operates on a completely different principle than other challenging tasks in life. Unlike difficult conversations or obligations that drain you until you push through them, art actually gives you energy and momentum once you start. The secret…
Why Your Artistic Intuition Is Usually Right (And How to Trust It More)
Your artistic intuition is usually right, but most artists don’t trust it. When you learn to follow those hunches instead of second-guessing yourself, your work gets better fast. Here’s what we’re discovering at our Italy retreat about the power of trusting your gut in art-making, and why this simple shift…
