Behind the painting - Cypress Point Country Club - No. 16 Hole

March 22, 2017 in Behind the painting

Hope you are having a fantasy week so far! I had a very busy weekend packing and shipping some of my paintings to a CWA(California Watercolor Association) show. I want to go over one of the painting that got accepted and share with you the process.

Behind the painting - Dafne

March 15, 2017 in Behind the painting

Last week I watched the movie Logan with my colleagues. I was blown away by the performance of this young actress - Dafne Keen. Feeling inspired, I decided to do a portrait of her. I quite like how the painting has turned out, so I decided to share the process here.

Why some artists paint for so long but shown only a little improvement?

March 08, 2017

People often seem surprise when I told them I start doing watercolor for about 2 years. I then quickly explain what I did before I start doing watercolor. They understand a bit more, but still seems to be surprised. On the other hand, I've seen some paintings done by artists who been painting for many more years but finding things fundamentally wrong with them.

Painting speed is not a skill, it's aquired by experience

March 01, 2017 in Fundamental, Principles and Value

Quite similar to the loose style that I got quite a few emails about, painting fast is not a style nor a skill. We live in such a hurry today, and quite often we want things fast: Email over a hand written letter, people read the headline and come to conclusion instead of study deeper, we stream videos online instead of physically go to a Blockbuster and pick up a movie. Granted, many of these changes are for the better, we are able free up more time for things are more important. But many people in this generation started to weight speed more than quality.