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• 5 Elements To Improve Your Landscape Paintings
  on Feb 17, 2011 in Landscape Painting
  Cloud Study 10 x 10 Don't just abide by the rules of good design - you have to feel the forces of nature and react to them. Get beyond the idea of merely creating an image, your goal should be to get at substance. You are painting a symbol of the...
• Oil Painting Video Timelapse Aerial Landscape Part 1
  on Feb 2, 2011 in Oil Painting Painting Video Aerial
  Land is divided, towns built, roads laid; farms raised, fields tilled, crops grown and harvested;  the landscape constantly changes as does our perception of our place in it. These large Aerials move from chaos to order as I explore ideas and poss...
• 4 Steps to The Still-Life, Memory Part 3
  on Jan 26, 2011 in Memory Meditation and Art
    Every moment you spend developing your memory is worth hours of painting.     Memory is the key to filling your paintings with emotion and air.   These are not exercises to rush through. With this first 5 minute exercise, you are not goin...
• 3 Keys to Powerful Landscape Painting
  on Jan 25, 2011 in Oil Painting Theory How to Paint A Sky Fundamentals of Visual Art How to Paint Landscapes Oil Painting Techniques
      When considering how to paint a sky, we all think of light, color, and air. 1. Sometimes, because we are painting on a flat surface, we neglect the curvature of the Earth and almost forget that we are painting the inside of a sphere.  You th...
• You Are The Master
  on Jan 24, 2011 in Oil Painting Theory Fundamentals of Visual Art Oil Painting Techniques Meditation and Art
    Realize that, at this moment, you are your master. What you know is more than enough to create a powerful work of art. Speak as you will, be yourself, accept and focus on your strengths. Take a moment before you begin to paint, and brush in...
• Are Your Paintings Open?
  on Jan 21, 2011 in Details Connection
    Paintings are like people, some are open and some are closed. In any conversation, you are both your developed self and open to reflection and change. Let your paintings be open to viewers for connection and conversation- give us a sense of the a...
• Remembering Your Life - Painting from Memory Part 2
  on Jan 20, 2011 in Memory
    When I talk about painting from memory, it is not only about remembering the subject, it is about remembering your entire life. Your mind is much more powerful than the sum of your knowledge and your techniques. One of the problems with pursuin...
• Painting and Sex - The Climax
  on Jan 20, 2011 in Sex and Painting
  Great painting, like great sex, writing and music has rhythms and waves, both small and large leading eventually - one hopes - to a climax.  No matter how you break it down, great sex and great art is made up of forces uniting in both opposition...
• Lines Live and Die
  on Jan 15, 2011 in Lines Symbolism Drawing
  Lines are born; lines live and lines die. Lines are stumbling children learning to walk. Lines are carrier pigeons. Lines are heartbeats. Lines are old boots. Lines are slow days and vast fields. Lines are floorboards  and barn doors. Lines are...
• 2 Ways To Improve Your Representational Painting
  on Jan 10, 2011 in Oil Painting Theory Oil Painting Techniques
  Learn to trust your vision, and discover the unique characteristics of paint.   1. Stop painting direct from photographs.   Unless you are painting photo-realism, do not paint straight from photographs.   Only refer to photographs to solve a...

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