If you see me paint in person or in video, you often see me take a pause and ghosting the brush stroke a few times before I actually paint it. And if you've been to my live workshop where I can not cut or edit my demo, you can sometime see me staring at my paper without painting. It might appears that I'm not doing anything, but I'm actually doing the most important thing - thinking.
Read MorePrinciples and Value
Your painting today is the result of your past 5+ years
I once heard of a friend told me “I want to paint like you”. While I was utterly flattered and honored, I felt obligated to tell my friend that there’s no short cut to this. Every week when I type up a new blog post, I try to come up with easy to follow tips to improve your painting. However, there’s something I simply can’t teach you in a short blog post or lesson – Fundamental.
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Most of things in this painting are done in very few washs
Focus on doing it right, not how to fix it later
Students quite often came to me and asked, “How do I fix this?” I usually only have one answer to this dreadful question, “leave it, start a new one” I don’t want to be rude or unwilling to help, but my fear is that they caught up by all the different ways to fix their finished painting instead of doing it right in the beginning.
Read MoreArtist moral
Our work and our life should be equally inspiring. If people compliment on my artwork but unimpressed by the type of person I am, then I will not consider myself a successful artist. To be an artist is an incredible privilege, let us take up the responsibility on showing the world what does it mean to be an artist!
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