ARTISTBLOG.FELIPE.TV

WORKSHOPS and CLASSES

upcoming WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, CLASSES...<< MORE >>

Can YOUR ART stand the test of TIME?

Pass your art down to your grandchildren's children and beyond! << MORE >>

The BEST and WORST art supplies...

some surprises here... << MORE >>

YOUR DREAM VS. YOUR VISION

I wrestle with this one often... << MORE >>

MY PAINTING PALETTE

Includes my FAVORITE MIXES, now with pictures! << MORE >>

helpful SOURCES: DRAWING

A list of DRAWING sources that may help and inspire you... << MORE >>

MY GRAPHIC NOVEL in progress!

Unlike anything you've ever seen before... << MORE >>

GRAPHIC NOVEL submission

(for editors and publishers) << MORE >>

DOING EXCELLENT LIFE DRAWINGS

An interesting approach to strengthen your figure drawings... << MORE >>

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DONE?

I've been asked this a lot. Some interesting insights here... << MORE >>

WATERCOLOR ON PLATE BRISTOL 1: intro & materials

The technique made popular by Burt Silverman... << MORE >>

WATERCOLOR ON PLATE BRISTOL 2: methods

See step by step pictures of the technique... << MORE >>

WATERCOLOR ON PLATE BRISTOL 3: insights

"It's unlike any painting technique you've ever done." << MORE >>

ON MIXING COLOR 1

"As an artist there are 3 critical reasons to become proficient at mixing color with artist's paint: 1) Save money 2) Save time 3) Make better paintings" << MORE >>

ON MIXING COLOR 2

"This system is so simple that it's a wonder no one patented it until the 1980's." << MORE >>

ON MIXING COLOR 3

No wonder we've all had so much trouble mixing color ... << MORE >>

THINGS I'VE LEARNED 2

There are no such things as mistakes. That's merely a perception. All you've truly done is produced a result. The question is then, "What will you do with the results you've produced?" << MORE >>

THINGS I'VE LEARNED 1

"A Work For Hire situation is just that, you are hired to perform work on someone else's creative property, and you have no rights to that property, even if you make a ton of money for them. You can draw Batman but you can't drive the Batmobile." << MORE >>

MAKING THE MOST OF ART SCHOOL 1

"Much of the day is dealing with things other than my purpose. This is life. One must eat, sleep, poop, take care of family, finances, setbacks, change, appointments, disasters, hardship, illness, etc. But maybe, just maybe, I can make a little time to fulfill my vision meanwhile." << MORE >>

MAKING THE MOST OF ART SCHOOL 2

"Somehow, some way, some time, it will all come back to you, whether you trash people or love them, it will come back to you in the form that you gave it. This is not personal opinion, this is the way the Universe works." << MORE >>

MAKING THE MOST OF ART SCHOOL 3

"When you take your hands away colors are brighter, the world is softer, and your eyes are temporarily corrected out of their usual fixed (conditioned) staring pattern." << MORE >>

DIFFERENT MINDSETS TO USE 1

"You are no longer an "artist," you are no longer "painting," you are not even doing anything on one level. It's as if the art you're working on is painting itself." << MORE >>

DIFFERENT MINDSETS TO USE 2

"I learned a neat technique in a mind control seminar once for empowering and imbuing yourself with someone else's qualities and capabilities: You put their head on." << MORE >>

HOW TO HAVE MORE TIME TO DO YOUR ART

This works wonders... << MORE >>