To learn art it’s often touted that you must do a lot of sketching. Some artists might find this annoying, “I’m here to learn how to paint not to draw.” But here I shall make the case that learning how to sketch and especially draw can and will help you paint. Sketching helps us develop […]
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The Importance of the Basics
‘It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe’ – Muhammed Ali Somethings in life get pushed aside. In our drive to be better, live better our priority is going to be the work. But in our drive to climb upwards things get forgotten. We all know […]
What is art, and does it matter?
In the blog post How Plein Air painting differs from Perceptual Painting? Larry Groff muses over the difference between the popular painters of today like Plein Air artists who find their way into magazines and perceptual painters who have a more modern take on the world and find their way into galleries. Personally, I’ve never […]
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Taking comedy seriously
‘Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass’ Michel de Montaigne, ‘De l’experience,’ 1580-88 I recently listened to the audiobooks by Terry Pratchett. The Colour of Magic, Light Fanastic, Small Gods and Pyramids. I’ve never been interested in this sort of fiction before. What tickled me the most […]
A Bad Birdwatcher and my art
Just started listening to the audiobook A Bad Birdwatchers Companion, By Simon Barnes. Delighted is how I felt listening to it. It helped me see birds in a new light. Brought them to life in a way I never thought of before. Normally I ignore birds just like everyone else. Yet this writer and birdwatcher […]
The shift from consumption to production
In my search for a life worth living I can point to a significant change in how I live. Before I was almost exclusively a consumer. I bought and used things which kept my interest and distracted me from what was important in my life. Games, TV etc. Yet the past three years have been […]
