by Nicholas Wilton | Feb 25, 2016 |
I thought I had to have everything figured out before I could teach. I thought I had to be an expert, so I waited a long time before I started teaching. I wish I hadn’t. There are some great reasons to teach especially if you are creative. Here are the top 3 reasons...
by Nicholas Wilton | Feb 21, 2016 |
We all have those moments where we feel stuck and depleted. The creative juice is just not there. I’ve thought about this a ton lately, and I’ve come to a realization about the connection between creativity and inspiration: being creative is a natural...
by Nicholas Wilton | Feb 18, 2016 |
I became somewhat obsessed with this question early on and have been asking myself the same one for my entire life. In my current job of mentoring artists, I now help others find their own answers to this very same question. It is not necessary to even know the full...
by Nicholas Wilton | Feb 14, 2016 |
Sometimes one of the hardest things about art making is figuring out how to make your next brush stroke, or line, or mark, as good as possible. This can be difficult to do especially when you are feeling unsure or self-conscience; that feeling then bleeds into the...
by Nicholas Wilton | Feb 11, 2016 |
Do you know how sometimes make something that is so good that it even surprises you? It seemed so effortless, and till this day you still kind of wonder how you made it? It is that good. I have often wondered why I can’t do this more often. I discovered it has to do...
by Nicholas Wilton | Feb 8, 2016 |
I was talking with a couple artist friends and one of them started talking about his work – he wasn’t selling a ton of it, and it was started to affect his art practice. Simply put, he wasn’t enjoying making the art as much as he used to. External...
