Tag: visual texture
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Losing the Plot
Being too set on how you want your painting to be can stymie creativity and change your mood from inspired to in trouble.
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Who Moved the Goal Posts?
When is creative work finished? It’s a question that is almost as frustrating as asking what the meaning of life is!
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Diversification – A Bit of Carpentry
Presenting your art for display isn’t always easy. It can take a lot of thought and effort at times. The way I currently work has given me the opportunity to learn this new skill.
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When “It” Strikes You Down
How to carry on your art regardless. You’re struck down by illness, feeling weak, but the mind is willing.
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Why Do We Need a Why?
Can artists just make art for the enjoyment they get from it as an activity? And, can viewers look at art purely for enjoyment without needing reasons for its existence?
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Working With Wedges
I said to some fellow artists this week that I need a helper, not to do bits of painting or other things, but to stand beside me and snatch my tools away at the most opportune moment in a painting’s development.