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Tips for Painting Creatively
Oil Painting Studio - Thoughts - Tutorials and Tips By Tania Dibbs - No Comments
When you speak in front of an audience and you are concerned about how you come off, you often end up hearing yourself speak instead of thinking wholly about what you are saying. The same thing can happen in painting. Painting well means not hearing yourself speak. Painting extemporaneously. How do you do this? (more…)
Renewed Attitude
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I am excited and renewed in my attitude towards painting right now. I know from experience that these phases come and go although they feel interminable in the instant. I have to be sure to take full advantage of it while it is here – I do have a boss and a schedule, and it is Inspiration. (more…)
Big, Ugly and Cool
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I love how when doodling, your conscious brain is turned off and you can be surprised by what you come up with. During a boring unrelated meeting I sketched a bunch of little things that looked like they came from one of my college invertebrate zoology texts. Those sketches were at the back of my mind when I started this giant coil form. I love the way it came out. It is half sea creature, half underwater mine or some other man-made thing. Here is the progression from drawing to finish. Click on images for enlargement.
Survival Strategies
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Proboscis 2 Biology is the underlying matrix of the planet, and life continues... (more…)