Color is relative. The colors underneath matter and have a profound impact on the colors you put on top. Layering color is how it becomes super rich. The more we play and e pertinent with colors the better it becomes. Don’t stop early. Great color is waiting for you. Do you love to layer color as much as I do? | Nicholas Wilton
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Starting this new 72” x 72 painting today. Possibilities are wide open. | Nicholas Wilton
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Starting this new 72” x 72 painting today. Possibilities are wide open…
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We just finished painting the whole studio white: floors, walls, everything. But these support blocks... I couldn’t bring myself to paint over them. They’re covered in years of drips, color, and layers of old paintings. I use them constantly to prop up work, adjust height, or just keep things off the floor. They’re nothing fancy—6 inches by 6 inches, about 20 inches long—but they’re better than any paint can or crate. I’ve got about ten of them, and honestly, they’ve become part of the story of
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Finishing up some smaller paintings has been more challenging than usual. Since my Achilles surgery, I haven’t been able to stand and step back the way I normally would. Working too close makes it harder to see what’s really going on. One thing that’s helped is snapping a photo and viewing it on my screen. It gives me just enough distance to notice the subtleties and make better decisions. Sometimes that shift in perspective makes all the difference. | Nicholas Wilton
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I use the walls in my studio to hold the various size paintings I am working on instead of easels. I basically put screws gridded out on the walls and leave about 1/2” exposed to hang the panels from. It is a super clean uncluttered way to set up a studio. 🔥 How do you support your art when making it? | Nicholas Wilton
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I never overly focus on one painting when building a new body of work for a show. Instead I restrain the urge to finish anything. The longer I can stand staying in the uncertain, experimental stage the better the outcome. It’s what I coach but also what I practice, but it takes a degree of discipline to resist going after results too soon. Does this make sense to you? | Nicholas Wilton
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Today I was working on this painting. I kept going back and forth between being tight and then letting go and just letting the paint do what it wants. I realized after thinking it should be only one way that actually it can be both. I need both states in my art. It’s how I express this contrast that makes my work mine. It’s a confusing thing that I am still learning. I wonder if there are others who share this challenge. Do you know what I am talking about? I would love to hear in the Comments.
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Using collage paper on your work is an easy, fast way to add to a beaut…
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At various stages I glaze my paintings. This has a way of bringi…
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