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HOW TO THRIVE AS AN ARTIST
Happy Christmas to everyone. HOW TO THRIVE AS AN ARTIST (Blog post 6 Dec 2016) Starve, strive, survive, then...
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STIFFY BAGS and OTHER WONDERS
Today I am writing about some of the incredible innovative improvements that have happened in my 50 plus years…
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SKETCHING or PHOTOGRAPHY for REFERENCE
I paint cityscapes, among other things, and I want to base my paintings on real views. So in my...
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THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
This ‘Emperors New Clothes’ subject follows on from my previous blog post about Arty Farty Bol**cks.
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ARTY FARTY BOL**CKS
Arty Farty B’s refers to some of the terminology and descriptive language often experienced in the art world. AFB’s…
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ART COLLEGE…PROS AND CONS
MY ART COLLEGE…PROS AND CONS Art college ‘pros and cons’ is a subject that I have been mulling over...
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AN ARTISTS MANIFESTO
An art manifesto is a public declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of an artist or artistic movement.’ …
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CAVE ART … new evidence
CAVE PAINTING Last year I wrote an article about the cave paintings in Lasceaux France. That blog post was...
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DOODLING DOODLES
Doodles are visual evidence of thought happenings.
If you have an artist inside you maybe you doodle when you have…
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BONFIRE WARNING
I intend to downsize and destroy much of my stock of unsold prints, frames, and some originals.
My 80th birthday…