Remnants of the Pretty People
What’s leftover after the pretty people have gone? A Wordless Wednesday response without words.
There Is Truth In What You Paint: Yours
Perfection isn’t what painting is about. It’s about finding your truth, and you can remain committed to that by letting go of art fear.
Make My Tequila Reposado, With a Shot of Snapseed
How do you like to shoot tequila? Try it blanco or añejo, with lime or with salt, and add Snapseed for a finishing touch.
Why The Fear of Ruining Your Art Will Ruin Your Art
The desire to make your painting perfect, and the fear of ruining it, will always lead to painting doom. But there are ways to overcome art fear.
When the iPhone Camera Yields a Surprise (or Two) Inside
You can use your iPhone like a macro camera to offer up more than one surprise inside.
Collecting Eye Candy for Inspiration—and Fun
Collecting eye candy is a snap for most visual types. And it’s a harmless way to find inspiration for your own work.
Putting Contrast to Work with Your iPhone
The iPhone 5s makes a fantastic camera, especially when it’s the only one you’ve got, with an assist from Snapseed.
Are You Important Enough to Have Writer’s Block?
The sun may set on your creative block, but it will rise again. And because you’ve stayed committed, you’ll be ready to do what you do.
Finding My First Sweet True Love
For me, reading, writing, photography and painting are all intertwined like a tangle of sticky spaghetti.
What’s Your Creative Personality?
Is your creative personality fed by travel, productivity, fashion, caffeine or . . . what? Here’s what stokes eight different creative types.
When Serendipity Makes Your Shot an Image
When you expected the unexpected, serendipity can become your photographic assistant.
Finding That Sweet Lagniappe in Photography
It’s always sweet to find that unexpected reward in your photographs—that unexpected extra detail to make the shot an image.
Ask Yourself Six Questions to Skyrocket Your Creativity
Curiosity can shift your attitude so that you’re seeing magic in what’s been seemingly mundane, and your creativity will skyrocket.
How Collecting Art Is Also Collecting Stories—Yours
What does a photograph mean to me? To you? Photographs, like all art, elicit our emotions and our reactions, and the connections that we make with them. What touches me […]
The Naturescapes Shop Is Open for Art Collectors
Whether you’ve already got a serious art habit, or you’re just starting to collect art, take a stroll through my new Naturescapes Shop.
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