Art Supply House & Custom FramingThese posts were weekly emails and are archived here for any sort of future reference
Drawing is learning to see and so is writing ~ David McCullough I’ve always thought that the secret to any art (whether representative or not) is learning how to see. You learn to see through the practice of looking – though it looks like you’re practicing drawing or mimicking or some other activity. Sometimes you […]
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice. ~ Ayn Rand As children we play with legos or doll houses, build forts and play houses. Naturally, we design the world around us. We imagine it to be one way […]
An artist using a sketchbook always looks like a happy person. ~ Roger Ebert There are many different studies and research projects that all come to the same conclusion – art is good for you. Creating art is one of the easiest and quickest ways to get into a meditative flow state, into “the zone.” […]
I never went to an art school. I failed the art courses that I did take in school. I just looked at a lot of things. And that’s how I learned about art, by looking at it. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat It never continues to amaze me how much of a difference your point of view makes in […]
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be. ~ Abraham Maslow I’ve always struggled to answer questions along the lines of: When/how did you learn to draw? Well, I’ve had crayons and art supplies available […]
I do not believe that your best creative work is done when you’re stressed out because you’re teetering on the edge of bankruptcy or other personal disasters. Just the opposite. You should set up your life so that it is as comfortable and happy as possible – and so that accommodates your creative work. ~ […]
I do not believe that your best creative work is done when you’re stressed out because you’re teetering on the edge of bankruptcy or other personal disasters. Just the opposite. You should set up your life so that it is as comfortable and happy as possible – and so that accommodates your creative work. ~ […]
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. ~ James Beard I’ve always thought that art, beauty, and creativity are human needs. Looking at prehistoric tools from around the world, things like pottery, weavings, or carvings show great care taken in the details and the “decorations”. From a purely functional point of view, time was […]
Drawing is 50,000 years old, isn’t it? I think it comes from very deep within us. When all those people in the 1970s were trying to give up drawing, I did go and see them and they said: ‘Oh, you don’t need to draw now.’ And I did point out: ‘Well, why don’t you tell […]
Art is our memory of love. The most an artist can do through their work is say, let me show you what I have seen, what I have loved, and perhaps you will see it and love it too. ~ Annie Bevan It can be scary to share your art, whether it’s your first piece […]