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Original Painting Courses Online
Discover Artistic Reflections – New Online Gouache Exhibition This time, the selection of my works focuses on places that have inspired me and to which I clearly refer. These gouaches, in the spirit of “City States,” may be especially interesting…
A student of the Academy of Fine Arts looked at the painter’s works and said: — Yes, he might have noticed that birds in autumn fly in spiral-like circles and thought: “That’s quite a brush!” You can see it clearly…
Composition in Painting or Harmony in Sound? It depends on the kind of talent we have in mind — visual or musical. In both cases, it’s about the simultaneity of many qualities. In painting: colour, shape, and line. In music:…
How long can one minute last—at the moment when you’re convinced it has already passed? A follow-up question, refining the first, must concern a moment of mental darkness—a situation in which such a feeling might arise. The answer is familiar…
Does a Believer Have a Moral Obligation to Paint Religious Art? This post explores a question that often arises at the intersection of faith and artistic practice: Should a believer feel morally compelled to create religious imagery? True artistic growth…
Painting courses that protect talent from imitation Painting and drawing courses that explain everything do not lead down the path toward creating works that might one day be considered true art. But my courses do — they follow that path.…
I’ve launched a newsletter on the Painting and You website — a way to stay in touch for those interested in my painting course designed for adult learners, regardless of prior experience. What’s inside the newsletter? If you’d like to…
“Could you paint a portrait of my wife?” Sometimes you might also hear, “Please paint the view from this window in summer,” or, “Could you paint a part of this city? I’d like to remember my stay here — it…
It’s important to recognize and distinguish between two concepts: syncretism and paranoia. These represent serious traps — and they appear in the visual arts as well. Syncretism is the more dangerous of the two. Paranoia may involve delusions, but it…