Painting and Drawing the Same Subject

Painting and Drawing the Same Subject

Garlic Study – Pencil

If you’ve noticed my body of work over the past year or so, you’ll notice that much of my work is of the same subject or subjects. Perhaps you ask yourself why Keith concentrates on one or another subject rather than trying new things…well, that’s what this article is about.

They say “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” and in some ways we artists are, in fact, trying to imitate what we see made either by the hand of God or the hand of man. Artists take what we see, process that image through the filter of our lifetime experience, then attempt to imitate what we see in our mind’s eye. Continue reading “Painting and Drawing the Same Subject”

Strange Times

Orange Study-Pen & Ink w/Watercolor

Well, I’d hope to have done the second installment of Tools of the Trade this past month but, wow, my motivation level has taken a major hit. Has yours too?

A Chinese curse goes, “May you live in interesting times.” When I first heard it I thought, “Hmm why is that a curse,” but now that we’ve seen over 7 months of 2020 I don’t need to wonder why it’s a curse anymore. Continue reading “Strange Times”