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The Evolution of Self Help Without consciously trying, seems I'm like every other schmo when it comes to self-help books. There are a few in my library and a few…

Size Matters! Here’s a secret for us painters: size matters. I read a recent post from another painter. As a social media exercise he did some quick and loose sketches,…

Are we familiar with the classic colour wheel we learned in grade school, right? From the three primaries - Red Yellow Blue - all other colours can be mixed. Well,…

After a promise to do this almost a month ago, here it is. A couple of things led me to making this list, one of which was reading about how…

The renaissance palette   I would love to get ahold of the renaissance palette, just to work with the colours and see how much they contributed to the look of…

Art Forgery. A way to make some bucks! (Don’t do it. Well, if you’re that good, absolutely do it! But sign a name that isn’t the artist you are forging,…

Compensation in the world of visual art. It occurred to me how unique the visual artist is within the expanding “Creative Class”. Back in 2010 Richard Florida correctly predicted that…

Been so busy!  Avoiding the Smith Corona... My Sharona... Williams-Sonoma...  er. Corona-virus Cleaning up my computer, another studio avoidance technique, I found this little ... piece of writing.  Looks like…

I've put a lot of quotes from "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.”  on my Facebook page Seanarthurart , in sequence too, that illustrates key ideas in the book.…

Hi All! My fervent wish is that everyone remains healthy and virus free!  Treat yourself and others with utmost respect. This entry relates briefly the process I went through to…