Watercolor is for anyone: Recent Episodes
Wendy Soneson
Maybe art sessions can help heal the bad effects of constant interactions with digital devices.
Can a toddler make contemporary art? No. So what’s going on with those scribbles and blotches that sell for millions?
Is there a difference between playing with different art materials and making true and meaningful fine art?
Don’t pick up that brush until you have employed the three a’s. Awareness of what’s there. Assessment of the shapes colors, etc. Then action.
Opening up to the way our ever changing bodily and mental states affect our creative process and how to use them or enhance them to be in flow.
Another level of deep observation. How to think beyond first impressions and avoid boring paintings.
Stay focused on the active creative work of painting and let the automatic do your bidding. But don’t let the mindless unconscious run away with the process.
Use this guide as you are creating a work of art to help you use tools of contrast to bring your vision to life.
How to think about both the automatic unconscious part of painting as well as the higher levels of creating.
Learning from other peoples art and your own how to have an enriching experience. Five tips
Whom should you show a work in progress to? What will help you move forward to deeper levels of expertise as a painter?
This Friday we are having another discussion and demo on the art of Georgia O’keeffe. Check out the series on wendysoneson.com. Secrets of the great watercolorists
Contemplating an upcoming zoom meeting about Winslow Homer. How do we approach a beautiful and challenging subject like the ever changing ocean?
From a discussion about the difference between original, professional art vs amateur or commercial art. Identifying it in the world and the approach to making it.
We progress as artists not just when holding a brush. Other factors keep us moving forward
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What is the value of being in the art mind? Can it help us endure the hardships of everyday life?
Why do I ask my students to copy a great work of art? What do they learn?
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I will be working on my book “becoming an artist “ this year and publishing excerpts weekly on Patreon.com/wendysoneson. Here is an introduction. To be published in 2023.
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The importance of different stages of creativity some of which are times when not to paint.
Many people wish to find a way to loosen up which their painting process. What does this mean?
More about how to perceive color without categorizing it with names. This helps with transitions from light to pigment
Are you painting for accuracy and product? Or are you letting the creative force work with you to make an original work of fine art?
Where do we start when we have subject material chosen? What do we do first and then how do we proceed?
What should one do once you are a master of watercolor skills? You can take that next challenging step to use your skills as a tool to say what you want to say to the world.
Here is my reasoning for why I do not teach as most other art teachers do. Aside from art colleges.
This is a conversation with Dr Soni Werner,psychologist and painter,about the struggle to create in this time of crisis
Art can bring solace in dark times. Take time to bring painting into your world. For more watercolor lessons and videos go to pateron.com/wendysoneson.
How can you switch mindsets from judging and consuming art to looking at art and the world through artist eyes. For more watercolor videos and articles go to patreon.com/wendysoneson.
Will art be a moneymaker for you or make you need money less? For more watercolor videos and articles go to patreon.com/wendysoneson,
Is is possible to kill creativity? When and how should we solicit feedback on works in progress. For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
Learn to transition from consumer of art to original art making For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
Here I discuss why pursuing fine arts is more rewarding than other forms of art such as commercial or hobby art. For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
What is the right kind of fear to have to initiate and foster art making? For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
Why is watercolor so underrated and misunderstood? For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
Should you show your work to others? When and how? And to what end? Make sure your goals will be supported when you show your work. Goals like increasing your ability to move forward in your art For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
Musings on the creative life For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
How learning to see the difference in right and left brain function can release you inner artist For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
The five stages of creativity For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
Can anybody learn to draw? Yes with the right instructions. And in less than one hour. For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
What is the difference in mediums? Comparing various paints pencils and pastels For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
Short introduction to the ways of understanding color skills we can make exact colors in our paintings For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
Art is more than a hobby if you enter into it fully. Opening your artist eyes to the world can change your way of thinking and living. For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
How to tune into you artist self For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
What is the artist eye and how can we activate it? For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
Watercolor is different from other media For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
What may happen in the first class. What are the goals of an artist? For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
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Why should you pay attention to art of your own era? Preparing for a tour of the museum of modern art San Francisco. For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
Sorting out the pros and cons of taking a watercolor class For more videos and articles on watercolor go to patreon.com/wendysoneson
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