by Nicholas Wilton | Apr 14, 2019 |
If you sometimes have a hard time starting or don’t enjoy the process of making your art so much, here is something to try. When you begin, instead of thinking about where you want to end up, try to focus on what you are doing in the present. Forget about anything...
by Nicholas Wilton | May 6, 2018 |
I just moved, and in the process of going through all my things I came across an old painting of mine. I remember after completing the piece I thought it was quite good – I liked the composition, the colors, the brush strokes – I was very pleased with what...
by Nicholas Wilton | Oct 20, 2016 |
The process of creating is up and down. In my practice, one minute I feel everything is going well then upon closer examination it can seem like whatever I am working on has taken a turn for the worst. I have grown accustomed to this choppy kind of inquiry. It just...
by Nicholas Wilton | Sep 22, 2016 |
Your art studio doesn’t have to be a gigantic freestanding building with roll up doors and it’s own kitchen and a guest room for visiting artist friends. It would be nice, but it doesn’t have to have be like that at all. It can be half of a rarely used dining room...
by Nicholas Wilton | Apr 14, 2016 |
When standing at the edge of the sea in the tropics, the water appears to be a very pale translucent, aquamarine color. The sunlight hits the white coral sand and reflects its whiteness through the water, illuminating it from below. The color is part reflection of the...
