Hope's Art Journey

"Storm Coming In"  22 x 28        Acrylic on Canvas I have learned the hard way to paint the sky first if there are clouds involved.  Fortunately, I have a multitude of photos of clouds and sky from this area.  It was a matter of painting and repainting until the cloud took form.  It seems that I need this process to get it right.  And, it does not really look like any of the clouds I was using for reference.  But, it works and that is the important thing.  I saved some of the sky color to cut into the [...]

This article is so pertinent to artists of all areas that I had to share parts of it.  By no means do I consider myself a genius nor do I think you have to be one to create some damn good stuff.  It's just that we have all discussed the difficulty of managing one's life to make time to do what we want to do.  In this article, the author, Sarah Green Carmichael has studied daily routines and has discovered a common thread in successful creators. First of all, we know we need a proper designated space in which to work (i.e. [...]