1. What motivates you to paint? As an artist I feel I have to “create”…not a day goes by that I don’t feel the need to put brush to canvas, if only for an hour! I am pretty driven and one of my goals is to continue to grow and develop as an artist, I […]
I have spent the last week deciding on my next series. This last summer has been a tough one. I lost my Uncle Les, who was more like my brother than an uncle and someone I adored with all my heart. A few years back, we lost my Uncle Steven. My grandfather died before I was […]
Watch a visual dialog of this post by clicking here Click below to learn more about Susan’s instructional DVD, “Faces, Hands, and Heart” Painting Children Made Easy When I was young, everything wonderful was “cool” or “fantastic”. Those words of exclamation are not used much today. “Sick” is the new powerful word of amazement, […]
Click here to learn more about Anna’s instructional painting video, “Creating Vibrant Skin tones” See more of Anna’s work by visiting Art Work by Anna Rose Bain What’s your type? Blonde, redhead, brunette? If you love painting portraits, chances are you’ve worked with them all. Some are easier than others. The trickiest, in my own […]
“As a creator of images there are so many opportunities to express visually. The epic moment, the spiritual connection to a subject, the quality of light, color, and even the everyday mundane. With every subject there comes a core communication that we must strive to share. It is often difficult to figure out what needs […]
What motivates you to paint? I’m not quite sure how to answer that. I’ve been compelled to draw since I was a child. No matter what activity I’ve been involved in in my youth I was always drawing on the side. My ambition to become a painter didn’t come until what I consider quite late […]
What motivates you to paint? What motivates me to paint is the search and use of design principles. It can be light falling on form, color – such as harmony of a subject or of the light, edges, shapes, composition, etc. When I see it and can identify what is going on it motivates me […]
Click here to learn more about David’s new instructional video “Paintings that Glow What motivates you to paint? Over the years I’ve come to realize that my creative expression is more of a need or compulsion rather than a desire. I know that I need to do it if I want to feel fulfilled […]
Click here to learn more about Anna’s new instructional video “Creating Vibrant Skin Tones” Click here to watch a preview of Anna’s new video What motivates you to paint? I have a deep love for beauty and a desire to capture it from my unique perspective. Painting grounds me and brings me immense fulfillment, especially […]
Click her to learn more about her new instructional video, “Composing in Keys-High and Low” What motivates you to paint? I have been creating as long as I can remember. I think drawing is the common denominator among all visual artists and I was certainly no different. I kept dozens of notebooks with drawings […]