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“I paint as I feel like painting…An artist has to be spontaneous.” Edouard Manet We have been discussing getting into our right brain so we can allow our creative spirit to flow. I read a quote this past week from Victor Frankl’s, “Mans Search for Meaning”. “Don’t aim at success…the more you aim at it…
Read details“Each painting has its own way of evolving…the painting is finished; the subject reveals itself”. William Baziotes Many people have difficulty getting started. One of the chief blocks to our “creative spirit” is the notion that we are…
Read details“Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function. The first aims at pleasing the senses, the second has a spiritual vitality which for me is more moving and goes deeper than the senses.” Henry Moore Our creative ability helps us create that which we want, but it has…
Read details“So far as visual artists are concerned, I think that they are able to work with the material from their subconscious mind without control…That is to say, that the information is permitted to flow through without blockage, and the reason why some people are not able to produce art is, in my opinion due to…
Read details“All colors are friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.” Marc Chagall Learning to mix colors is important. Limiting our palette helps us get a harmonious and unified composition, but still gives us a large range of colors, when we…
Read details“Colors like features, follow the changes of the emotions.” Pablo Picasso Color can bring about many powerful emotions, but keep in mind that our life experiences have a lot to do with how we perceive them. How we use it in our paintings, can bring out different emotions in different people, so it…
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