OK, I've been meaning to get this out the door forever. One thing went wrong after another. First, I drew up a pretty nice picture from an old live sketch of Roxy, inked it, and ruined it because I didn't clean my watercolor brushes correctly between colors. It happens though.…
Humans are complicated beings. But there are pretty much two different mindsets. No, most people aren't either or. They're a percentage of each one. You got a scarcity mindset. These people believe that if I win at something, that severely lessens your chance of being successful at it. Needless to…
I rarely use soap with my watercolor brushes. Usually when we paint with watercolors, using two jars does the trick. I have two Kimchi jars that I use for my watercolor brushes. The first one is for the initial rinse and the second one is for the second rinse. With…
More than likely, you've seen some of the works of Edward Robert Hughes. Perhaps on greeting cards. My wife has a t-shirt with Midsummer Eve, painted in 1908. Edward Robert Hughes Midsummer Eve Edward Robert Hughes (1851-1914) is the nephew of Pre-Raphaelite painter Arthur Hughes. His uncle was his first…
The more I write, the more articles I will have just like these. They're musings - things that inspire me. I'm quite sure they'd be useful to you as well, because it's a good thing to share thoughts. You and I are human after all. And we're both artists. It's…