Good and bad art
Dear Artist, A situation that often disturbs artists is the competing prevalence of sub-standard art.…
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Complementary colours
Dear Artist, Rain drums on the studio roof. We wait for spring and I’m fooling…
Enfant terrible
Dear Artist, A friend of mine (let’s call him Dino) entered retirement the other day…
Travel tips
Dear Artist, Pat Hart of Gabriola Island, B.C., wrote, “Apropos of workshops overseas, could you…
What steals my power?
Dear Artist, A subscriber who wishes to remain anonymous wrote, “I am not always able…
The wiser eye
Dear Artist, Karen Pettengill of Portland, Maine asks, “Why do we see problems in our…
Hook-Hours
Dear Artist, Stephen Kishel of Muncie, Indiana wrote, “I started welding when I was 7.…
The assertive eye
Dear Artist, I call it the assertive eye. It could be something else, the corrective…
Quality questions
Dear Artist, In the process of making art you need to ask the quality questions.…
As a man thinketh
Dear Artist, James Allen (1864-1912) of Ilfracombe, England was the granddaddy of the self-improvement industry.…