I found this video of an adult professional abstract painter playing like a kid. Not with wild abandon. This isn’t that kid. This is the really quiet thoughtful kid who didn’t hear the lunch bell because he’s finger-painting a masterpiece. He’s into it. Did you ever get all into making textures and shapes and all kinds of everything that a dumb adult would say is not what a rock looks like, but you know you’re right, and you know it is exactly what a rock looks like, they’re just missing the good parts? If you want to paint like this kid like this guy below, take Jon’s Abstracts class. He’ll get you there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sajw1L2_Eag&feature=youtu.be
My dreams are in full color. Not just wishy-washy pastels, I mean all of the everything. Yellow ochre, bold reds, deep inky blues, textured and shadowed greens. The colors are as important in my dreams as they are in my paintings. They tell half of the story. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Do …
This is day 13 of our 30 day creative challenge! To learn more about this 30SAL challenge, click here. Today we have transcription challenge. Make something inspired by Caravaggio’s The Cardsharps (1594). What’s a transcription? In art, to transcribe is to copy or record information in a different form than the original. To transcribe a painting or …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8093″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Image above from Agora Gallery’s post “How to Recognize an Art Scam” In the last week, I’ve received 2 art scam emails. They read as personalized letters, including the title and size of my painting, mid paragraph. Neither email asked directly for anything, so no red flags, not right …
This is Exactly What a Rock Looks Like
I found this video of an adult professional abstract painter playing like a kid. Not with wild abandon. This isn’t that kid. This is the really quiet thoughtful kid who didn’t hear the lunch bell because he’s finger-painting a masterpiece. He’s into it. Did you ever get all into making textures and shapes and all kinds of everything that a dumb adult would say is not what a rock looks like, but you know you’re right, and you know it is exactly what a rock looks like, they’re just missing the good parts? If you want to paint like this kid like this guy below, take Jon’s Abstracts class. He’ll get you there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sajw1L2_Eag&feature=youtu.be
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