by Nicholas Wilton | Aug 24, 2017 |
Do you ever notice when you are creating your art how often a small section of your art will look especially better than all the rest? If you could magically crop out this one part it would be possibly the best thing you have ever made? This happens to me all the...
by Nicholas Wilton | Aug 20, 2017 |
It’s an issue that’s all too common with creatives: you’re working on a painting and you like what you have so far, but you don’t know what to do next. Watch the video to see what I do when I encounter this with my work. What do you do when you...
by Nicholas Wilton | Aug 17, 2017 |
Sometimes you just get stuck. You are painting along fine and then you reach a point where you don’t know what to do. It might be because you have fallen in love and have lost objectivity. It might because the color is off somehow. But usually you stop and pullover...
by Nicholas Wilton | Aug 13, 2017 |
We all experience ups and downs – it’s part of the nature of life – but I’ve found that making art during the up times is much easier to do than during the down times. I realized however, after going through a bit of a down time myself...
by Nicholas Wilton | Aug 10, 2017 |
It is not clear exactly who said “Good artists copy, but great artists steal.” It might have been Picasso. The poet TS Eliot wrote something very similar in 1920. Regardless, the quote brings to the forefront an idea, a concept that I am consistently highlighting in...
by Nicholas Wilton | Aug 6, 2017 |
Working larger is amazing, but it often requires a subtle shift in your approach to art making. Click on the image to watch the video and see what I do when I’m starting a big, new piece. In gratitude, Nicholas
