by admin-eric | Apr 22, 2016 | Fine Arts America
Many visual artists have no particular trouble starting pieces but lots of trouble finishing them. Why is finishing a work of art problematic for so many artists? In this series we’ll look at twelve reasons. Here’s reason number nine: Reason 9. The appraising will...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by admin-eric | Apr 15, 2016 | Fine Arts America
Many visual artists have no particular trouble starting pieces but lots of trouble finishing them. Why is finishing a work of art problematic for so many artists? In this series we’ll look at twelve reasons. Here’s reason number ten: Reason 10. The fear that this is...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by admin-eric | Apr 8, 2016 | Fine Arts America
Many visual artists have no particular trouble starting pieces but lots of trouble finishing them. Why is finishing a work of art problematic for so many artists? In this series we’ll look at twelve reasons. Here’s reason number eleven: Reason 11. The hard bits won’t...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by admin-eric | Apr 1, 2016 | Fine Arts America
Many visual artists have no particular trouble starting pieces but lots of trouble finishing them. Why is finishing a work of art problematic for so many artists? In this series we’ll look at twelve reasons. Here’s reason number twelve: Reason 12. The actual painting...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by admin-eric | Mar 25, 2016 | Fine Arts America
“Sell you cleverness and buy bewilderment”—Rumi An everyday creative person makes an effort to embrace bewilderment, even though she dislikes the feeling, because she knows that she has no other good choice! Every creative journey is marked by patches and even long...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by admin-eric | Mar 18, 2016 | Fine Arts America
If you’re an artist and one of your chief complaints is that your day rushes by in such a way that it is hard to secure real chunks of time to paint, then you must get very clever at organizing your mind, your equipment, and your life so as to make the best use...