I am excited to announce that my DVD, The You Factor: Powerful, Personal Design in Opaque Watercolor, filmed for Creative Catalyst Productions, is currently available! To see a sneak preview and a 4-part interview I did with CCP, click HERE
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I love this, as it relates to my last post:
The implicit memory in the human brain, intuition, is the result of millions of unconscious experiences that are carefully wired into your feeling brain to provide you with a wealth of information. But to access intuition, we must feel. Laurel Mellin
Happy Painting!
I think this quote by Jackson Pollock bears repeating: You can’t learn techniques and then try to be a painter. Techniques are a result.
Like many realistic painters, I spent years developing technical skills and learning how to make my subjects look believable. And, like many realistic painters, I believed that “someday”, perhaps when I [...]
Having written in my last post about my “quirky” watercolor technique, I feel that I must add a few words regarding my feelings about the place that technique holds (or should hold) in an artist’s work.
Our journey as an artist usually begins with learning a medium and its techniques. With that accomplished, we think we have it [...]
You can’t learn techniques and then try to be a painter. Techniques are a result. Jackson Pollock
I’ve had a number of requests from readers to write about opaque watercolor, so here goes!
10 years ago I found myself at a crossroads with my art. I was a traditional watercolorist and no longer satisfied with my work. I longed for a more creative [...]
In one of my recent workshops, we were discussing series work and a word I’ve never before encountered came up: self-plagiarism. An artist in my class had submitted two paintings done from the same subject into a national juried show. Each painting evoked a different mood, and other than subject, they looked nothing like each other. After much [...]
I am a watermedia painter and I teach painting workshops all around the country. As anyone who knows me or has taken one of my workshops can attest to, I love talking about art, thinking about art, reading about art, learning about art, looking at art, and practicing art - so, grab a cup of coffee and join me in the studio to see what else is percolating!
