I have been blogging for about ten years now. When I first began making art, I wrote about what I was learning. Those posts included exploring new materials, learning about art theory and creativity, and composition. The majority of these posts can be found on my old blog, Creative Endeavors. I want to share that information here but rather than have a reader dig through everything and become bored or frustrated, I thought it would be helpful to gather the most popular/useful posts in one spot. Feel free to peruse the posts. I have arranged them by general subject matter. Much of these posts would be helpful for a beginning artist, someone who does not have an art degree.
Why It's Important To Review Past Work:
1/23/2015: Review and How I Did It
7/2/2015: Beginning of cut paper work/creativity/Matisse and Shirley Jaffe
Color Theory:
1/19/2015: Colory Theory/ Good painting habits
1/10/2015: Color Theory/warm and cool temperatures
2/15/15: Color and Design: Color mock up sketch prior to painting
2/7/2015: Color temperature
3/1/2015: Tutoring, color theory examples in paintings; 4/30/2015
4/19/2015: Good example of warm/cool temperature in a painting
5/31/2015: Tutoring/teaching
5/26/2015: Joseph Albers/color theory
Composition:
2/11/2015: Proportion
4/6/2015: Working large or small
4/16/2015: Color theory: The holy trinity! Value, hue and chroma governed by proportion
7/24/2015: Accordion Books/editing
8/13/2015: Composition/elements of design/sizing up
10/19/2015: Design/composition: Proportion of Hue, value and chroma
12/11/2015: Technical stuff: composition
Creativity/Personal Vision:
4/13/2015: Honoring Your Own Interpretations
3/27/15: Putting different ideas together
5/23/2015: Inspiration/copying-why it's helpful and not helpful
7/2/2015: Beginning of cut paper work/creativity/Matisse and Shirley Jaffe
7/17/2015: Sparking Creativity: Accordion Books
7/14/2015: Gathering up ideas/Creativity
8/17/2015: Connecting with yourself/getting unstuck creatively
11/20/2015: Developing your own voice; pay attention to what you like
2/4/16: Loosen Up!
Talking about your work/Reflecting on your work/Internal dialogue:
9/15/2015: Internal dialogue/describing your work to strangers
