The Confident Creator
Bob PennycookHelping you build confidence, find joy in your art and to understand it’s ALL about the process.
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"Don't Worry, Be Happy"
“The goal of art isn't to attain perfection. The goal is to share who we are. And how we see the world."
— Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
If you’re aiming for perfection you may never paint again. Your purpose is to show you...
Let’s Have Some Fun
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“We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”
- Bob Ross
I remember building entire villages in my sandbox as a child. The goal was to build structures and roads so I could drive my make-believ...
Pulling Pieces Together
“Patterns can be as comforting as a solid rock in a turbulent sea.”
attributed to Ansel Adams
I think of pattern in art as a kind of warm blanket.
It’s the artist’s job to wrap that warm blanket around all the varied elements of a painti...
Creating Attention
“I search for…the real feeling of a subject, all the texture around it. I always want to see the third dimension of something.”
-Andrew Wyeth
There’s almost always a moment in a painting session where something clicks. For me, it’s that m...
Creating Movement with Shapes
“There is life in movement, death in stagnation. I approach every painting with the idea that I want that painting to continuously move.”
– Autumn de Forest
Movement in an image suggests narrative without words.
It implies the sensation...
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Award-winning Canadian painter and printmaker sharing his art process to help you on your creative journey.
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