I finally broke down and bought a mechanical pencil. No, I've never even used one. I've always just used regular pencils. And you know what? There's no way in hell I'm going back to regular pencils. I got regular pencils all over the place. Hundreds of them. Yes, literally. But,…
Here are four random watercolor observations. I'll probably do an article on random watercolor observations every three or four months. I'll always add more as I learn more. As should you. Paper first, paints second, brushes third I've said this before but I'll say it again. When budgeting watercolors, you…
Don't forget to live I've read Plato. And of course, studied Greek philosophy, Greek art, Roman art, etc. All that good stuff. But, we can go too far. What if one would spend too much time reading and forgot to live? Didn't Cervantes write a book about that? I do…
You've heard the cliché many times, that the artist has to suffer to create good art. You've seen the examples. How perhaps the greatest American novelist, Ernest Hemingway, suffered from lifelong depression and finally ended his life with a shotgun. My favorite composer, Tchaikovsky, suffered from melancholia his entire life.…
I don't have money coming out of my ears. That's why I have to budget my watercolor supplies accordingly. I've had awesome paper, awesome paints, but very cheap brushes. I've been able to get away with cheap brushes for only so long. The current painting I'm working on, I've had…