I teach watercolors by approaching painting with curiosity and joy. Creative practices are meant to be full of exactly that: practice. Come discover, experiment, and explore with me!
A Few Fun Facts & Rabbit Hole Findings
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Today I thought I’d keep this email short and sweet and share a few things you might have missed and a few things I found interesting while perusing the internet. I haven’t been posting long-form YouTube videos this year - a decision I made in an effort to focus on other things - which so far has proved to be a good one for me. Instead, I’ve been sharing some short videos in the meantime:
I also went down a rabbit hole the other night, as one tends to do when browsing the internet. Here’s the path that I took down into the hole: 1: I was looking up this book on color (based on the recommendation of my childhood art teacher) 2: I ended up on pages talking about color theory and pondering how it’s such a big subject to tackle and came across this question posted on Reddit: 3: Which then took me to YouTube because someone in the comments mentioned videos from Marco Bucci being helpful, but instead of color theory, I found myself watching his plein-air process instead. I’m continually amazed by the sheer amount of information that is out there nowadays. So much to read about, lots of differing opinions, and an endless amount of stuff one could learn… Deciding what to consume and when is a whole other thing. That being said, thank you as always for being here to read/watch what I'm putting out there onto the internet. Wishing you a great day ahead, |
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I teach watercolors by approaching painting with curiosity and joy. Creative practices are meant to be full of exactly that: practice. Come discover, experiment, and explore with me!
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