Jeanette and me, age 24The part of my recent YouTube video that attracted the most interest was my answer to Andrew’s question about what advice I’d give myself when I was 24.If I could give my 24-year-old self advice, I’d say: Maintain your inde…
This blue boat catches my eye as I explore an island in Maine. It’s beached at an odd angle above the high tide line. Not far away, a flock of birds gathers on the wires. As I paint the picture, I answer your questions about the gouache technique,…
Which of these colors are primaries? One of the most basic art questions turns out to be not so simple.Full story on Substack today.
I’m editing a YouTube video, where I paint this little plein-air study of a stranded sailboat:It’s painted in gouache over a casein priming.If you have a quick question about the process, you can ask it here in the comments. Or, even better, you …
The key to painting imaginary subjects is to hold onto the dream image as long as possible, even if it’s hazy and tentative. Then you work like crazy to find analogues in the real world, and gather references of any kind. Be like a sponge, and “f…
Abbey wrote to an art student: “You should be sketching always, always. Draw anything. Draw the dishes on the table while you are waiting for your breakfast. Draw the people in the station while you are waiting for your train. Look at everything….
Steve Jobs wanted the personal computer to be like a “bicycle for the mind.” Has it worked out that way for you?More on my Substack.
Cesare Tallone was an Italian painter born on August 11, 1853, in Savona, Italy. After losing his father at a young age, he moved to Alessandria, where he began his artistic training under decorative artist Pietro Sassi, and then he continued his …
I was never sure what my dad did for a living, because I never got to visit his workplace. He was in mechanical engineering jobs that were either highly technical or top secret.Once he mentioned that he was in “high vacuum technology.” To my grade-scho…
The Akin Free Library in Pawling, New York is like a time machine that takes you back to a different way of organizing and presenting knowledge about nature.It’s worth a visit, but it’s only open Saturdays and Sundays 1:00-4:00d, May – October. Ask to …
