What I’ve learned from values studies | Learning Journal

When learning a new skill, a good practice is to find an established method that will help you learn more quickly and effectively. For artists, there are many such methods, including values studies, which help you build skills in composing an interesting painting, blocking out forms, and leading the eye to the most important part … Continue reading What I’ve learned from values studies | Learning Journal

All you need to start are a few strokes of the pen | Advice for writers and artists

A cup of tea and a meditation - a comforting ritual for students of Life. Meditations by River on Strike A Spark.

Let today's essay be a gentle reminder that it's fine to start without knowing the final shape of the thing or what you will do with it when you've got it. Simply begin with a few words, a few strokes of the pen.

Paint faster and learn quicker with values studies | Learning Journal

Learn composition and forms with values studies. I share my first three studies and what I learned during the process.

Six books to help unlock your creative potential in 2023 📚

Want to unlock your creative potential and add more creativity to your life this year? Here are six books to help you increase ideas, bust artistic blocks, dream big, and turn those dreams into reality.

duality | a haiku

how strange, in summer, under skies robin-egg-blue to feel winter's hand