by Scott | Aug 15, 2019 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #38 ACADEMY MASTERMIND ACADEMY MASTERMIND #38 (Suggested for Stage Four; INTEGRATION) This Live Q+A brings another Academy Mastermind! Join us as four of our members—Jan Allsopp, Judy Woods, Kathy Kimball and Peggy Morse—sit in the hot seat and ask...
by Scott | Jul 17, 2019 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #37 ZOE ASHBROOK ZOE ASHBROOK (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) How do you find the loud conversation in a very subtle, quiet painting? When working with a narrow range of values, it can be challenging to see your design. Join Zoe and Susan as they...
by Scott | Jun 24, 2019 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #36 JANICE BEST JANICE BEST (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Janice Best had a lull in her art practice, which resulted in questioning her work and not knowing how to move forward. In this Art Critique, Susan Melrath shares several ways for Janice to...
by Scott | Jun 20, 2019 | Art Critique
CRITIQUE #35 ACADEMY MASTERMIND ACADEMY MASTERMIND (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) This month we introduce the Academy Mastermind! After the enthusiasm we received on our Team Art Mastermind Live Q+A Call on April 16th, we decided we want to try more of these....
by Scott | May 27, 2019 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #34 JUDY SHREVE JUDY SHREVE (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Judy Shreve is enjoying success with her wonderful childlike drawings, but wants to know how to make her work more sophisticated, and more abstracted. In this month’s Art Critique, Nicholas...
by Scott | Apr 18, 2019 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #33 KATHLEEN DEMOSTHENES BALANCING RISK WITH DISCERNMENT (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) How do you balance play and risk, with discernment and application of the principles? Listen in to Susan and Kathleen discussing this, as well as tips for...
by Scott | Mar 21, 2019 | Art Critique
Art CRITIQUE #32 TORIL KOJAN DECIDING WHAT STAYS AND WHAT GOES (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) This month we welcome Toril Kojan, who is interested in several things with her paintings—the textured surface, figures, colors and story. In this critique, Susan...
by Scott | Feb 22, 2019 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #31 MARY-LOU BOULANGER ABSTRACTING THE TRADITIONAL (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Acrylic and multi-media artist Mary-Lou Boulanger is wanting to take her more traditional floral paintings to a more abstract and looser direction. To simplify, she...
by Scott | Jan 16, 2019 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #30 ANDREA WILLOW GROUPING VALUES FOR SIMPLICITY (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Andrea Willow paints wonderful intuitive paintings full of color, shapes and narrative. Lately she has been desiring some simplicity in her work. She understands the...
by Scott | Dec 21, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #29 REBECCA JANES LEARNING FROM YOUR SERIES (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Rebecca Janes is beginning a new series of paintings, inspired by one successful piece that seemed to “just happen.” Listen in to this art critique with Susan, and learn how...
by Scott | Nov 26, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #28 LOUISE FLETCHER FORGING AN AUTHENTIC VOICE (Suggested for Stage Five; Flow) For this month’s art critique we have the pleasure of speaking with Louise Fletcher. Having started off largely painting abstracted landscapes, since becoming part of the...
by Scott | Oct 16, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #27 SUSAN HART BRINGING BIG SPACE TO YOUR WORK (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) In this month’s Art Critique, Susan Hart came to Nick in search of a cure for small shape-itis. Her desire has been to bring space to her paintings, giving room to the...
by Scott | Sep 21, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #26 KAREN STAMPER STRENGTHENING DESIGN, WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS WORKING (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) In this month’s Art Critique, Karen Stamper was wanting her paintings to feel bigger, but with a tendency to get hung up on certain areas, her...
by Scott | Aug 21, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #25 PENNY FORREST ONLY YOU CAN PAINT LIKE YOU! (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Working from memory, representational artist, Penny Forrest seeks beauty in the everyday and the ordinary. In this Art Critique with Nicholas, she simply wanted to know...
by Scott | Jun 6, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #24 EILEEN HARWOOD BALANCING THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN (Suggested for Stage Three, Learning) Eileen Harwood is inspired by various materials and techniques, wanting to bring something out in a piece. She feels comfortable with her grasp of the principles,...
by Scott | Jun 5, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #23 MARJORIE CLAUS CHOOSING A DIRECTION (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) In this month’s Art Critique, Marjorie Claus shares two different directions she was going in her work. She found herself stuck by not being quite sure which of these directions...
by Scott | May 14, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #22 ELIZABETH NEEDHAM ORGANIZING VALUES (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Elizabeth Needham wanted to keep the feeling of her softer paintings, but also have enough loud conversation to draw people in. See how Nicholas delivers exactly this by...
by Scott | Apr 20, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #21 NANCY GUNTHER STORYTELLING (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Nancy Gunther wants to move her work from abstract to more representational, yet still remain strong. Her inspiration comes from the story she discovers in old buildings and spaces while...
by Scott | Mar 26, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #20 KERRY SCHROEDER SUBTLE BIGNESS (Suggested for Stage Five; Flow) Kerry Schroeder wants her work to be powerful and subtle at the same time. She asked for Nick’s help in how to further distill her work, while still keeping it interesting. Listen to how...
by Scott | Feb 19, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #19 HOLLAND HAMMOND DISCERNMENT (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Holland Hammond finds herself drawn to simplicity in other’s work and wants to incorporate it into her own. She wanted to know how to use the principles to create work that reduces...
by Scott | Jan 23, 2018 | Art Critique
ART CRITIQUE #18 SUSAN MELRATH THE NEXT CHAPTER (Suggested for Stage Five; Flow) Susan Melrath saw changes entering her work. She was having different sensibilities, different interests. She was going towards quiet conversations and more muted palettes, which all felt...
