It has probably reached a whopping 34 degrees here over the past week and with the mix of freezing rain and the onset of a bug I caught, I just really have not felt like painting. About 2 or 3 times a year this happens to me. So for a week and a half I have not been in to my studio, which...
As an artist I know that the cold, hard truth to getting better at art is to do it. I feel it is important to also focus on the fact that an important part of this process is to not only to experiment with your own ideas but to also experiment by recreating previous works of art. You may think 'Why on earth...
My wonderful Cairn terrier who tolerates me painting in my studio for hours on end. She actually gets super excited when I ask her if she wants to go to 'the studio'. Of course once we are there and some of the other painters aren't around she quickly realizes it will be a day of lazily lying around, but she is also a...