by Nicholas Wilton | Sep 4, 2022 |
I’ve been thinking about the colors I use and noticed I tend to work with colors on either side of the standard colors. For instance, I never use a straight orange. Instead, I’ll start with it and add yellow or yellow ochre to make it dirtier and less saturated. Or...
by Nicholas Wilton | Mar 6, 2022 |
Do you ever have so many great ideas for your art that you don’t know which to choose? It can feel overwhelming because we don’t want to make the wrong decision. What if the one I choose isn’t the best? I want to share a way to help make any decision...
by Nicholas Wilton | Aug 8, 2021 |
A long time ago, I remembered struggling to make a gray color. Gray often can look flat and dull. I almost gave up, but then my cat, Cisco walked by. He was a beautiful warm gray color, just the gray I was after. So I experimented more with mixing colors to get this...
by Nicholas Wilton | Jan 5, 2020 |
So I just thought I would share a little bit about what I am making today. The thinking might relate to something you are working on too. As many of you know, I am a big proponent of understanding value contrast. When there is big differences in value, however, it can...
by Nicholas Wilton | Aug 25, 2019 |
Hi there, Have you ever tried setting up a schedule to make art for so many hours on so many days? I have tried this a bunch of times but in the end I just never stuck with it. Sometimes something came up or I just didn’t feel like painting for that amount of time on...
by Nicholas Wilton | Aug 18, 2019 |
Hi there, Your art might not be the best place to look when trying to improve it. Your art is simply the final result of many, many small actions and steps. This process, I have discovered, is the best place to start looking in order to improve your art. How you feel...
