Thank you for John. The truth is practise. Practice seeing, practice doing. Make all kinds of mistakes, Figuring out how to solve them, learning new mediums and how they work. Messing up a lot of pieces. Seeing magic happen. Then the thing I have been doing the last few years is pushing myself. So the piece looks really good but I’m curious about if I could do more, or what would happen if…I know I could wreck it if I push it…But i can’t grow without trying new things. So I now go for it. And it has really helped me make a leap. People try watercolour and they do the lightest washes and, wonder why it doesn’t look like more advanced work. That’s only the beginning of watercolor! I tell beginners to keep going. That’s great, but push it now. Go for contrast! Don’t be afraid of color. Put in more definition -keep going. I truly believe that’s the difference in levels of ability. I’ve got a long way to go because I have a lot of art I look at and go, wow. I wish I was more like them. And interestingly, I’ve really come around to more abstract expressionism. When it’s done well it’s quite sublime. It takes a lot more thought than people realize. And I now love landscapes. You know the kind where it’s just slightly expressionist? It’s just beautiful. Sigh I can only dream of painting like that, but I’m gonna keep working at it.
