Studies vs Copies What’s the Difference? Studies vs copies. What do I mean by this? Well, if you’ve ever been to art school, chances are you’ve had to do master study or two. A master study is when you take a work done from one of the great masters (Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Monet, DaVinci, etc.) and […]
What To Do When You’ve Lost Motivation Some Jobs Are Just Like That There’s an art job on your table. Great! Problem is…you’ve lost the motivation to do it. Not so great. Hey, you know, some jobs are just like that. You’ll have the ones that you can’t wait to sink your teeth into and […]
What to Draw? What Happens When You Run Out of Ideas? In recent blog posts, I’ve shared with you tips on how to improve your drawing skills. And then I went one further and focused on the number one tip, which is to draw daily. Let’s face it, sticking to a daily plan to do […]
Art Therapy Can It Really Help? Art therapy? Just what is it? Is it a real, acknowledged form of psychiatry or more fluff science? Back in May of this year, I covered the topic of art and its ties to brain health. Not only is art beneficial to the average person’s brain health, it is […]
Who Say it Has to Be Perfect? The Beauty in Doing Something Just for Pleasure At what point in our lives do we as human beings become so controlled by our egos that we think that whatever we do has to be perfect? And for the vast majority, if we doubt our ability, or think […]
How I Got Past My Artistic Insecurities For the Most Part Anyway… Artistic insecurities. Nearly every artist I know has them to some degree. I most certainly did and still do, a little. But despite what everyone told me, I was still very apprehensive about publicly showing my work. Let me try to explain. I’ve […]
Self-Taught Artist Who Started Drawing At 70 Lady Shalimar I read a Huffington Post article recently about a woman named Frances Montague. She was a self-taught artist who started drawing at 70. These kinds of stories fascinate me and make me wonder what inspired them so late in life to begin creating works of art. […]
This Incessant Heat is Cramping My Portrait Production When Will It End? This incessant heat is cramping my portrait production! If you live in Los Angeles or for whatever reason keep up on weather around the world, then you know that LA is experiencing temperatures of 90+ degrees. That usually means triple digits where I […]
Never Assume What Your Client Wants How I Almost Made a Big Mistake Recently, I was commissioned to do a portrait of a dog named Harry. It was a simple enough task, but one in which I almost made a critical error. I almost forgot my number one rule…never assume what your client wants. Chances […]
The Artist Who Never Spoke a Word A Beautiful Story of Self-Expression Judith Scott was the artist who never spoke a word. Not one word in her entire life. Her story popped up in a Huffington Post article on Sept. 06, 2016. Judith’s story is told by her sister, Joyce. Judith and Joyce Scott were […]
Straight-up, hands-down, flat-out: Myra Naito does breathtaking work. Highly recommended; way highly. Eleven out of ten stars. This girl is a channeler-artist. Her works goes deep to express the wordless wonder of being-ness itself.
- T. Tajiri
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