There is so much to know and learn - and time is running out! What is the old saying? Art is long and time is short. The lack of information is not a problem anymore. Maybe five hundred years ago finding information was difficult. Then Gutenberg invented the printing press and information became accessible and plentiful. The Internet is unleashing an explosion of data. For … [Read more...]
Bonus Video Clips
We mentioned last time that we've added a bonus to our Summer Special. (This promotion ends tonight at midnight Pacific Daylight Time). We're going to include a link to some video clips from some of the projects included in this collection. So far we've assembled over half an hour of tips and techniques from Bill, Buck, and Lowell. What we did was match up the projects … [Read more...]
Brush cleaning – the safe way
"I watched the clean your brushes video and wanted to know if that formula is ONLY for the final cleaning or can it be used while cleaning the brush WHILE painting a picture? Do I still use mineral spirits to clean my brush during the painting process? Thank you" -- K. We get this question a lot. There is a short answer and a longer answer that addresses a lot of … [Read more...]
The principles of mastery
I was listening to my audiobook this morning on Creativity. The author interviewed many creative people from many disciplines. He said that creativity could not occur without first mastering the domain in which the creative person works. In other words, unless you know your subject, you cannot add to it. It's the same thing with painting. You can't master the discipline of … [Read more...]
Fun with perspective
In Chapter 1 of Leonardo's "Treatise on Painting," he makes this statement. "The young student should, in the first place, acquire a knowledge of perspective, to enable him to give to every object its proper dimensions..." In the footnote, the translator states that many readers misunderstood Leonardo's suggestion. Leonardo did not mean that the student should be a master of … [Read more...]
Bill’s Paint!
Bill knew that not everyone understood the importance of using the right paint. That's why he warned them to find a thick, thick paint. No paint manufacturer at the time made a paint specifically for Bill's method of oil painting. No one, other than Alexander Art, makes Bill's special paint today. Have to? If you were to ask us, "Do we HAVE to buy Bill's paint?" our answer … [Read more...]
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