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There’s something funny about being an artist… people tend to imagine inspiration just floating down from the heavens while you sip coffee in a paint-splattered apron. In reality? A lot of art life is trial and error, awkward stages, second-guessing, community, persistence, and occasionally buying yet another tube of paint you absolutely did not need. (Looking at you, “hoping to be a hot pink.”) Over the years, I’ve realized there are a few things that consistently help artists grow — not just creatively, but mentally and professionally too. So here are my personal “Artist Musts.” Not hard rules… more like the things I [...]

If the light is yellow, the shadow is ultramarine blue, and the object is reflective copper… and there’s a neighboring object with a local color of red… what color is the reflected light in the shadow? And what color is the highlight? Yes. Apparently this is now a math word problem. But make it color theory. This past weekend I had the pleasure of taking Trisha Adams’ “Color Secrets” workshop at her beautiful home studio in Herndon. I feel incredibly lucky that this gem of a workshop is practically in my backyard — other artists traveled from as far as South Carolina and Massachusetts. And [...]