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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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...
Preserving Memories
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
– Aristotle
A childhood home isn’t just a place. It’s a feeling.
And when time and distance become involved the feeling can grow stron...
Making Neutrals Sing
“Small areas of rich color can make the whole painting look colorful.”
-Matt Smith
Colour can be deceiving. We may be attracted by the bright shiny light in a landscape. It’s often the most exciting element. But it’s the duller colours t...
Blurred Edges
“A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy.”
-attributed to Edgar Degas
If you look at one of my paintings, I’ll put you to work.
Nothing physical, you’ll just need to fill in some of the blanks.
I paint intenti...
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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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