See below posts by the artist on the creative process! Approximately one post will be made every week.
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Finding Freedom in Art
I was watching a video by Liron Yanconsky where he says that if you are missing something from your art, it is this sense of freedom, and the only way to obtain that is to allow the art to flow through you, rather than trying to force it. The best times that I find I…
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The Business of Art
I have also been reading the book called Artpreneur by Miriam Shulman and it’s quite good. It argues that social media marketing is subject to the whims of the social media platform you are using, and a better way is to use an email newsletter. I am thinking about what kind of content I should…
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Cool yellows
I’ve been trying to use cool yellows more in my paintings since I realized I didn’t actually own many. During one of my OCAD classes I nearly used up all my lemon yellow so I started using the gamboge hue. It seems to mix well. Above is still a work in progress.
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Paint characteristics
During the second class at OCAD, I learned of a few more paint qualities. Certain paint colours have characteristics associated with them. Ultramarine blue is granulated so it has a speckled quality unlike phthalo blue, which has a smooth quality. Ultramarine allows for lifting whereas phthalo blue is more of a staining colour. Certain colours…
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Using paints
My class last week had gone over the very basics of painting with watercolours and materials. I felt I learned a few things though hope the next classes will be more advanced. For instance, the teacher recommended that we do not put the tube paints into slots and let them dry out but rather to…
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Today’s the day
I am going to attend my first of a 5 session course of a watercolour studio at OCAD University. As I haven’t done a watercolour course before, and frankly haven’t taken much formal teaching of art, I am excited to see what it will be like. Whenever I saw Janet Kim on Kim’s Convenience going…