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Are you thinking of taking a watercolor class? Let’s sort out the pros and cons.
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What determines whether something is art or not? Whether it is good art?
As I recover from surgery I’m thinking about why I can’t paint now.
A review of a great series called Portrait Artist of the Year.
How to decide what to include in a painting.
A definition of fine art that may help to see art in a different light.
What makes great works of art?
Are you afraid of ai? Lister to this to ease your fears.
How some new students have difficulty getting on board to watercolor process.
How painting process can offer the same benefits of meditation.
What’s going to happen to art with the age of ai upon us?
Thoughts about putting together an art show.
A few different approaches to viewing art.
What is your intention in looking at great art? How to better achieve that goal.
When can good technique hinder advancement as a fine artist?
Why is he so good?
Maybe art sessions can help heal the bad effects of constant interactions with digital devices.
Can a toddler make contemporary art? No. So what’s going on with those scribbles and blotches that sell for millions?
Is there a difference between playing with different art materials and making true and meaningful fine art?
Will education destroy natural creativity?
What’s in your paint and did anyone die making it?
How to manage your creative time
Don’t pick up that brush until you have employed the three a’s. Awareness of what’s there. Assessment of the shapes colors, etc. Then action...
Three things to watch out for when reaching an intermediate level of painting skills.
Is criticism good for artists?
Opening up to the way our ever changing bodily and mental states affect our creative process and how to use them or enhance them to be in fl...
How does personality type affect creativity?
How to approach dazzlingly beautiful subjects
Another level of deep observation. How to think beyond first impressions and avoid boring paintings.
Stay focused on the active creative work of painting and let the automatic do your bidding. But don’t let the mindless unconscious run away...
What external and internal influences shaped your create life?
Use this guide as you are creating a work of art to help you use tools of contrast to bring your vision to life.
How to not overpaint. When do you know it’s time to stop painting?
How do we convey emotion through painting?
How to think about both the automatic unconscious part of painting as well as the higher levels of creating.
Arguing that anyone can open the artist within. Not just certain people
Learning from other peoples art and your own how to have an enriching experience. Five tips
Whom should you show a work in progress to? What will help you move forward to deeper levels of expertise as a painter?
What is the difference between illustration vs fine arts both as consumer and creator?
This Friday we are having another discussion and demo on the art of Georgia O’keeffe. Check out the series on wendysoneson.com. Secrets of t...
Why fine arts practice can mirror the effects of meditation and mindfulness practice.
Contemplating an upcoming zoom meeting about Winslow Homer. How do we approach a beautiful and challenging subject like the ever changing oc...
Thoughts on upcoming zoom class about Edward Hopper. Wendysoneson.com
Let other original artists’ ideas give you a starting point for your own innovations.
This is what I know and believe about selling art.
A new series of zoom demonstrations for artists as well as art aficionados.
From a discussion about the difference between original, professional art vs amateur or commercial art. Identifying it in the world and the...
We progress as artists not just when holding a brush. Other factors keep us moving forward
What is the value of being in the art mind? Can it help us endure the hardships of everyday life?
Why do I ask my students to copy a great work of art? What do they learn?