Why Your Most Powerful Art Can Come From Your Hardest Seasons
When life changes in a big way, art isn’t something to wait on until you feel great. It can be the tool you use to find your way out and…
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How to Make Your Art Practice Bulletproof
I was talking with a couple artist friends and one of them started talking about his work – he wasn’t selling a ton of it, and it was started to affect his art practice. Simply put, he wasn’t enjoying making the art as much as he used to. External forces…
How to Make your Art Bigger
So how do you make your work hold up when it gets super big? I mean really big, like 8-10 ft. big. At that scale – or actually any time your work gets bigger than yourself – it can either fall down or be stupendous. Scale makes everything better or…
IMPROVE YOUR ART BY NOT TRYING
I was working on this painting in my studio yesterday and it reminded me about the importance of being not only in, but also out of control. Pairing deliberate brushstrokes along with less controlled, more intuitive marks provides a freshness and an authenticity that can strengthen your art. Do you…
